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Cyber attack hits US health department amid coronavirus - Bloomberg

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Mar 17 2020 6:37AM

Prompting response from the National Security Council.

Cyber attack hits US health department amid coronavirus - Bloomberg

The US Department of Health and Human Services, a key part of the federal response to the fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak, was hit by a cyberattack on Sunday night, prompting a response from the National Security Council, Bloomberg said on Monday. Multiple hacking incidents appeared aimed at ...

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