Chinese hackers exploited bug to compromise internet companies, cybersecurity firm says

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Researchers at Lumen Technologies say the hackers took advantage of a previously unknown vulnerability in Versa Director — a software platform used to manage services for customers of Santa Clara, California-based Versa Networks

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Versa Networks issued an advisory on Monday acknowledging that the vulnerability had been exploited “in at least one known instance” by an advanced group of hackers, and urged customers to update their software to fix the bug. The Chinese Embassy in Washington did not respond to a request seeking comment, although Beijing routinely denies allegations of its involvement in cyberespionage. On Friday, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency added the Versa vulnerability to its list of “known exploited vulnerabilities.”

 

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