Security News > 2020 > October > DHS: Unknown hackers targeted the US Census Bureau network

The US Department of Homeland Security said that unknown threat actors have targeted the US Census network during the last year in its first-ever Homeland Threat Assessment report released earlier this week.

The US Census Bureau is the largest US federal government statistical agency responsible for collecting statistical data about the US economy and population.

The DHS says that both state and non-state attackers will likely attempt to compromise or disrupt infrastructure the US uses to support the 2020 US Presidential election, as well as the 2020 US Census.

More specifically, the DHS mentions in the report multiple instances when unknown threat actors have tried gaining access to systems on the US Census network.

"Cyber activity directed at the U.S. Census could include attempts to gain illicit access to census-gathered bulk data; to alter census registration data; to compromise the census infrastructure supply chain, or conducting denial-of-service attacks."

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