Iranian-backed Hackers Breached US Federal Government Network to Mine Cryptocurrency

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI announced today that Iranian government-backed hackers have compromised the federal agency’s network using an unaddressed Log4Shell vulnerability to compromise users’ credentials. CISA also observed that the Iranian government-backed hackers installed an open-source crypto mining software – XMRig – that is commonly used by hackers for […]