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The Sunburst hack was massive and devastating – 5 observations from a cybersecurity expert

  • Written by Paulo Shakarian, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Arizona State University
imageFederal government agencies, from the Treasury Department to the National Nuclear Security Administration, have been compromised by the attack.Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

So much remains unknown about what is now being called the Sunburst hack, the cyberattack against U.S. government agencies and corporations. U.S. officials widely believe that...

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