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The US Department of Homeland Security issued an alert this month warning that the COVID epidemic has increased threats and that "cyber actors may send emails with malicious attachments or links to fraudulent websites to trick victims into revealing sensitive information."

The Department of Administrative Services says affected websites were restored by Monday.

The US department charged with protecting government computers needs to secure its own information systems better, according to an audit released on Tuesday that showed lapses in internal systems used by the Secret Service and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The Department of Homeland Security also needs to establish a cyber training program for analysts and investigators, the audit said.

On a website for advising critical infrastructure operators about emerging cyber threats, the Department of Homeland Security asked organizations to report any Heartbleed-related attacks, adding that hackers were attempting to exploit the bug in widely used OpenSSL code by scanning targeted networks.

The US Department of Homeland Security issued an alert this month warning that the COVID epidemic has increased threats and that "cyber actors may send emails with malicious attachments or links to fraudulent websites to trick victims into revealing sensitive information."

The Department of Administrative Services says affected websites were restored by Monday.

The US department charged with protecting government computers needs to secure its own information systems better, according to an audit released on Tuesday that showed lapses in internal systems used by the Secret Service and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The Department of Homeland Security also needs to establish a cyber training program for analysts and investigators, the audit said.

On a website for advising critical infrastructure operators about emerging cyber threats, the Department of Homeland Security asked organizations to report any Heartbleed-related attacks, adding that hackers were attempting to exploit the bug in widely used OpenSSL code by scanning targeted networks.