The Advanced Persistent Thread 41 (APT41) group is accused of having cyberattacked at least six American states between May 2021 and February 2022. The group of hackers exploited vulnerabilities in web programs, say researchers from cybersecurity firm Mandiant. Our research into APT 41 activities between May 2021 and February 2022 has uncovered evidence of a deliberate campaign to target US state governments. Vulnerability „“Log4j” To carry out their misdeeds, hackers exploited a flaw called “Log4j”, a small module used in many software for “logging” functions, i.e. reading “logs” (events occurring on the system). The discovery of this flaw caused a...