By
Brad D. Williams
on April 30, 2021 at 1:33 PM
UPDATED: Adds information on CISA’s update today to the activity alert originally issued on April 20.
WASHINGTON: CISA confirmed today it’s investigating at least five federal agencies to determine whether they were breached via recently disclosed vulnerabilities in Pulse Connect Secure appliances.
Matt Hartman, deputy executive assistant director at CISA, said in a statement provided to
Breaking Defense, “CISA is aware of at least five federal civilian agencies who have run the Pulse Connect Secure Integrity Tool and identified indications of potential unauthorized access. We are working with each agency to validate whether an intrusion has occurred and will offer incident response support accordingly.”