(Bloomberg) – The US Department Health and Human Services has suffered a cyber attack Sunday night during the reaction of the nation to the crown pandemic, according to three people familiar with the matter. The attack seems to be about to slow down the agency’s systems, but do not significantly, said that people who requested anonymity to discuss an incident that was not public. The tweet of the National Security Council on Sunday night was hacking and releasing misinformation related, according to the people. The government acknowledged on Sunday that it had been an intrusion computer and circulating false information. NSC tweeted shortly before midnight, “the SMS rumors of a national #quarantine, are false. There is no national fixed Point. @CDCgov has and will continue to write the latest guidelines for the # COVID19.” The tweet was : part of the hacking address involved multiple incidents. State Secretary of Pompey and other administrators are aware of the incident Trump, the person said. It seems that the hacker has taken all the data from the systems, one of the people said. HHS officials estimate that it was a hostile foreign actors, but there is no conclusive evidence at this time. HHS did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The White House and the National Security Council did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Image copyright 2020 by Getty Images Getty Images
Key US health suffers cyber attack during the Crown agency response
