US cyber officials make urgent push to warn businesses about vulnerabilities to hackers

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CNN – Sean Lyngaas
US cybersecurity officials are unveiling a new program to warn critical American companies that their systems are vulnerable to ransomware attacks before the hackers can successfully strike.

The new federal program – details of which were shared exclusively with CNN – is needed because “the pace and the impact of (ransomware) intrusions are still unacceptable,” said Eric Goldstein, a senior official at the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

The program is straightforward and relies on backchannels between researchers, government officials and potential victims.
Link: https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/23/politics/cyber-officials-business-hacking-warning/index.html


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