U.S. government probes VPN hack within federal agencies, races to find clues


FILE PHOTO Small toy figures are seen in front of the Codecov logo and cyber binary codes in this illustration taken April 20 2021. REUTERSDado RuvicIllustration

FILE PHOTO: Small toy figures are seen in front of the Codecov logo and cyber binary codes in this illustration taken April 20, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

(Reuters) - For at least the third time since the beginning of this year, the U.S. government is investigating a hack against federal agencies that began during the Trump administration but was only recently discovered, according to senior U.S. officials and private sector cyber defenders.

It is the latest so-called supply chain cyberattack, highlighting how sophisticated, often government-backed groups are targeting vulnerable software built by third parties as a stepping-stone to sensitive government and corporate computer networks.

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