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US agencies hacked in monthslong global cyberspying campaign

by Frank BajakEric Tucker
| December 13, 2020 8:03 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. government agencies were ordered to scour their networks for malware and disconnect potentially compromised servers after authorities learned that the Treasury and Commerce departments were hacked in a monthslong global cyberespionage campaign discovered when a prominent cybersecurity firm learned it had been breached.

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