Health and Human Services under cyber siege amid coronavirus response: report
WASHINGTON - The Department of Health and Human Services reportedly came under siege from cyber attackers on Sunday as the department contends with the deadly coronavirus outbreak.
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"U.S. Health and Human Services Department suffered a cyber-attack on its computer system Sunday night during the nation’s response to the coronavirus pandemic," Bloomberg reporter Jennifer Jacobs wrote on Twitter on Monday. "The attack appears to have been intended to slow the agency's systems down."
Bloomberg reported that the National Security Council's warning on Sunday about fake national quarantine texts was connected to the alleged hack.