INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The computer systems of the US Health and Human Service Department have suffered a cyberattack as part of a campaign of disruption and
disinformation aimed at undermining the country's response to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.The campaign may have even been the work of
a foreign actor and John Ullyot, a spokesperson for the National Security Council, provided more information on the attack in a statement,
investigating this incident thoroughly
HHS and federal government cybersecurity professionals are continuously monitoring and taking appropriate actions to secure our federal
While a foreign state is suspected to be behind the attack, the administration has not yet confirmed who it was, according to a US official
who spoke with Bloomberg.The cyberattack against HHS involved overloading its servers with millions of hits over several hours
However, the attack did not succeed in slowing down the agency's systems significantly according to one of the people familiar with the
matter.Caitlin Oakley, a spokesperson for HHS, noted that the agency decided to take extra precautions as it prepared to respond to the
operational as we actively investigate the matter
This message, which also spread by email and on social media, was related to the HHS cyberattack according to officials.Just as we've seen
an uptick in coronavirus-related malware scams and phishing attacks, this likely won't be the only cyberattack launched during the
