Suspected Chinese Hackers Used SolarWinds Bug to Spy on US Payroll Agency


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Suspected Chinese Hackers Used SolarWinds Bug to Spy on US Payroll Agency Feb 2, 2021 | WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Suspected Chinese hackers exploited a flaw in software made by SolarWinds Corp to help break into U.S. government computers last year, five people familiar with the matter told Reuters, marking a new twist in a sprawling cybersecurity breach that U.S. lawmakers have labeled a national security emergency. Two people briefed on the case said FBI investigators recently found that the National Finance Center, a federal payroll agency inside the U.S. Department of Agriculture, was among the affected organizations, raising fears that...