Cybersecurity: US House blocks access to Google services

WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives’ information technology team has blocked the congressional chamber from accessing software applications hosted on a Google cloud service in an attempt to prevent possible hacking campaigns against lawmakers and their staff, according to two congressional sources.

The move came just days afterYahoo Mail was also blacklisted due to fears of ransomware infiltration.

The two restrictions, which have hampered some internal communications in the lower chamber of Congress, have both been implemented within the past two weeks and are still in place. The episodes are not believed to be related, the sources said. For the full article click here

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