U.S. agencies hit in brazen attack by suspected Russian hackers
Alyza Sebenius, Kartikay Mehrotra and Michael Riley, Bloomberg News
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In one of the most audacious hacks in recent memory, U.S. government agencies were attacked as part of a global campaign that exploited a flaw in the software updates of a U.S. company. The hackers are suspected to be part of a notorious hacking group tied to the Russian government, the Washington Post reported.