U.S. Cyber Agency: SolarWinds Attack Hitting Local Governments

The far-reaching SolarWinds hack has hit not only federal agencies such as the Department of the Treasury, but computer systems for local U.S. governments as well. The far-reaching SolarWinds hack has hit not only federal agencies such as the Department of the Treasury, but computer systems for local U.S. governments as well. A U.S. cybersecurity agency said Wednesday that the far-reaching attack into the IT management company SolarWinds discovered earlier this month has not only affected key federal agencies, but also computer systems used by state and local governments. The hackers attached malware to a software update for SolarWinds' Orion system, which is used by many federal agencies and thousands of companies worldwide to monitor their computer networks. The hack infected several computer systems within the U.S. government, including at the departments of Treasury, Commerce, and Energy.