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Hackers have breached the Cisco firewalls used internally by the U.S. government, with a preliminary assessment indicating that critical infrastructure has been affected. On September 26, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency revealed this news. The agency issued an emergency directive requiring federal agencies to investigate vulnerabilities in Cisco firewalls and identify and eliminate potential intrusions. The specific departments affected and the severity of the attacks have not yet been disclosed, but the agency assesses that the related attacks have reached critical infrastructure. Cisco stated in the report that this attack is highly suspected to be carried out by the same group of hackers behind the "ArcaneDoor" hacking operation initiated in 2024