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US orders federal agencies to update or remove certain VMWare products from networks -Breaking

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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO – 3D printed figurines and clouds are shown in front the VMware logo in this illustration from February 8, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

WASHINGTON (Reuters), – On Wednesday, the U.S. cybersecurity regulator ordered federal officials update or to remove a slew if products that VMWare Inc made. The agency claimed hackers were exploiting vulnerable versions of these products to enter targeted companies.

In an advisory, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency stated that hackers were able to decode recent VMWare product updates and could use this information to hack into older versions.

VMWare didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

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