According to sources, U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (a Government organization in District of Columbia) was hit with a cyber attack. It was first reported on 2022-11-17.
Source 1 | 2022-11-17
“Iranian government-affiliated hackers infiltrated the systems of the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board earlier this year, according to people familiar with the incident.“
“The hacking group responsible is known as Nemesis Kitten, also according to people familiar with the incident.“
“According to CISA, the hackers exploited the Log4Shell vulnerability in an unpatched VMware Horizon server.“
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