The U.S. government has confirmed that multiple federal agencies have fallen victim to cyberattacks exploiting a security vulnerability in a popular file transfer tool.
In a statement shared with TechCrunch, CISA confirmed that “several” U.S. government agencies have experienced intrusions related to the exploitation of a vulnerability in MOVEit Transfer, an enterprise file transfer tool developed by Progress Software. The agency also attributed the attacks to the Russia-linked Clop ransomware gang, which this week started posting the names of organizations it claims to have hacked by exploiting the MOVEit flaw.
CISA did not say how many agencies were impacted by the attacks, which CNN first reported, and didn’t name the agencies affected. However, the Department of Energy confirmed to TechCrunch that two of its entities were among those breached.
“Upon learning that records from two DOE entities were compromised in the global cyberattack on the fi …
