HHS removes Login.gov from grantee payment system after cyberattack

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has removed Login.gov from its grantee payment platform after a security breach in March of last year resulted in hackers stealing millions of dollars from seven different grantee organizations last year, according to Nextgov.

Using a combination of publicly available information and data from SAM.gov, the federal government's system that manages award data, bad actors were able to impersonate employees at the organizations affected and changed their banking information in the …

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