US energy department and other agencies hit by hackers in MoveIt breach

Data compromised' when hackers thought to be Russia-linked criminal gang gained access through security flaw - department

The US Department of Energy and several other government agencies were hit in a global hacking campaign that exploited a vulnerability in widely used file-transfer software, officials said this week.

Data was compromised" at two entities within the energy department when hackers - attributed to a Russia-linked criminal gang - gained access through a security flaw in MoveIt Transfer, the department said in a statement on Thursday.