US Census Bureau hacked in January 2020 using Citrix exploit


US Census Bureau servers were breached on January 11, 2020, by hackers who exploited a Citrix ADC zero-day vulnerability as the US Office of Inspector General (OIG) disclosed in a recent report.

“The purpose of these servers was to provide the Bureau with remote-access capabilities for its enterprise staff to access the production, development, and lab networks. According to system personnel, these servers did not provide access to 2020 decennial census networks,” the OIG said.

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Source: Bleeping Computer

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