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Critical governmental services within the U.S. and Mexico have disclosed that they have been the victims of a cyberattack. On Sunday, February 23, Mexico’s economy ministry detected a cyberattack on some of its servers. The attack did not result in any substantial damage, Reuters reported, as it hit mostly email and archive servers. “The ministry’s sensitive information as well as that of its users is not considered compromised,” the ministry announced in a statement. Details are still unclear regarding the nature of the attack, but the ministry has commented that it has beefed up its security measures in response.
Meanwhile, Reuters also reported that an agency within the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), known as the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), has disbursed letters to affected individuals earlier this month informing them of a data breach to their network in May and June 2019. DISA is the department in the DoD that provides telecommunication support and security to the president, his staff, and top military intelligence personnel. The agency’s letters inform individuals that their personally identifiable information (PII), including social security numbers, may have been compromised in the breach.
“People might wonder how it’s possible that high government systems can be compromised, even within the DoD,” commented Luis Corrons, a security researcher at Avast. “We are talking about hundre ..
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