Check Point said hackers broke into dozens of organizations by exploiting a VPN bug in several of its products used across the government.

Scumbags, including a Qilin ransomware affiliate, began hitting this hole May 7

CISA has ordered U.S. government agencies to secure their Check Point Remote Access VPN and Mobile Access deployments against a critical vulnerability exploited in zero-day…

Check Point said hackers broke into dozens of organizations by exploiting a VPN bug in several of its products used across the government.

“Defenders cannot afford to take weeks to patch,” one Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency official warned on Wednesday.

The new directive gives federal agencies three days to fix the most dangerous flaws, while less severe issues can be deferred.