LAM YIK FEI/NYTParamedics transport a man believed to be Hong Kong's first coronavirus patient to a hospital on Jan. 22, 2020.
Dreamstime/Dreamstime/TNSMore than one in five small businesses reported a data breach within the past 24 months, according to a recent report from Bank of America's Merchant Services.
Cecilia Fabiano/APRed Cross volunteers bring food and disinfectants to the homeless at Verano cemetery in Rome on March 21, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness.
LOIC VENANCE / AFP via Getty ImagesA doctor examines a migrant infected with the novel coronavirus COVID-19 in a cottage used by health care members of French Civil Protection as a centre for infected migrants and homeless people, on April 9, 2020, in Saint-Aignan-Grandlieu, France.
Lillian Suwanrumpha/Getty-AFPThe temperature of a cat is measured at the reopened Caturday Cat Cafe, which had been temporarily shuttered, in Bangkok on May 8, 2020.
BANARAS KHAN / AFP via Getty ImagesA worker of the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) of Balochistan walks past tents of a quarantine camp, prepared for people returning from Iran via the Pakistan-Iran border town of Taftan to prevent the spread the COVID-19 coronavirus, on the outskirts of Quetta on March 9, 2020.
Alvaro Barrientos / APA teacher walks along a hallway of an empty public school in the small Spanish Basque village of Labastida on March 11, 2020. Spain's health minister on Monday announced a sharp spike in coronavirus cases in and around the national capital, and said all schools in the region, including kindergartens and universities, as well as those in the Basque city of Vitoria, will close for two weeks.
LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA / AFP via Getty ImagesA newborn baby wearing a face shield, in an effort to halt the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, is seen in a maternity ward at Praram 9 Hospital in Bangkok on April 9, 2020.
Bilal Hussein / APAn anti-government protester scuffles with Lebanese army soldiers in the town of Zouk Mosbeh, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, April 27, 2020. Scattered anti-government protests broke out in several parts of Lebanon on Monday amid a crash in the local currency and a surge in food prices, leading to road closures that prevented medical teams from setting out from Beirut to conduct coronavirus tests across the country.
Manu Fernandez/APHealth workers cry during a memorial for their co-worker Esteban, a male nurse that died of the coronavirus disease, at the Severo Ochoa Hospital in Leganes, Spain, April 10, 2020.
Clement Mahoudeau/Getty-AFPMen take part in a Friday prayer on May 15, 2020 at the Tahara mosque in Marseille southern France, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, as France eases lockdown measures.
Brian Inganga/APA police officer holds a pistol during clashes with protesters near a burning tyre barricade in the Kariobangi slum of Nairobi, Kenya Friday, May 8, 2020. Hundreds of protesters blocked one of the capital's major highways with burning tires to protest government demolitions of the homes of more than 7,000 people and the closure of a major food market, causing many to sleep out in the rain and cold because of restrictions on movement due to the coronavirus.
TIZIANA FABI/AFP via Getty ImagesTourists wearing protective masks walk in St. Peter's square at the Vatican on March 3, 2020.
STR / AFP via Getty ImagesA patient infected by the COVID-19 coronavirus receives acupuncture treatment at Red Cross Hospital in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on March 11, 2020.
STR / AFP via Getty ImagesA medical staff member sprays disinfectant at a residential area in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on March 11, 2020.
Manish Swarup/APA daughter of a migrant laborer who has been quarantined with her parents while they were on their way to their village, waits for her father to return with food packets at a government school in New Delhi, India. Over the past week, India's migrant workers - the mainstay of the country's labor force - spilled out of big cities that have been shuttered due to the coronavirus and returned to their villages, sparking fears that the virus could spread to the countryside. It was an exodus unlike anything seen in India since the 1947 Partition, when British colothe subcontinent, with the 21-day lockdown leaving millions of migrants with no choice but to return to their home villages.
Kevin Frayer/Getty Images/Getty ImagesChinese tourist information clerks wear protective masks and visors as they sit at their desks in the departures area at Beijing Capital International Airport on March 24, 2020, in Beijing, China.
HECTOR RETAMAL / AFP via Getty ImagesA man jumps into the Yangtze river in Wuhan, China's central Hubei province on April 16, 2020. China has largely brought the coronavirus under control within its borders since the outbreak first emerged in the city of Wuhan late last year.
MICHAEL DANTAS / AFP via Getty ImagesAerial view of cemetery workers unloading a coffin from a truck at an area where new graves have been dug at the Parque Taruma cemetery, during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, on April 21, 2020. -Graves are being dug at a new area of the cemetery for suspected and confirmed victims of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
Eraldo Peres/APNurses lay on the ground to represent colleagues who died in their fight against the new coronavirus pandemic, during a protest marking International Nurses Day, in Brasilia, Brazil, on May 12, 2020.
Vadim Ghirda / APA volunteer wearing a protective gear carries a cross while walking around a church along with priests during the Orthodox Good Friday religious service in Bucharest, Romania, April 17, 2020.
Trisnadi/APPeople stand in designated areas on the floor of an elevator as a social distancing effort to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus at a shopping mall in Surabaya, Indonesia, March 19, 2020.
Alessandra Tarantino / APA man sprays disinfectant as he sanitizes Santa Maria in Trastevere Basilica to prevent the spread of COVID-19, in Rome on May 13, 2020. Italy partially lifted lockdown restrictions last week after a two-month lockdown and from May 18 churches are expected to reopen to the public for masses.
Chung Sung-Jun / Getty ImagesEmployees work on the production line of the Ichroma Covid-19 Ab testing kit used in diagnosing the coronavirus (COVID-19) at the Boditech Med Inc. headquarters on April 17, 2020 in Chuncheon, South Korea. South Korea has called for expanded public participation in social distancing, as the country witnesses a wave of community spread and imported infections leading to a resurgence in new cases of COVID-19.
SAFIN HAMED / AFP via Getty ImagesA medic looks at travelers arriving to the checkpoint of Arbil, the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region, on March 2, 2020, before checking their temperature as a measure to prevent a novel coronavirus outbreak.
Dita Alangkara / APA worker fumigates a slum area to prevent dengue fever outbreak in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, April 22, 2020. Indonesian President Joko Widodo has banned people from returning to their hometowns to celebrate the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday amid warnings from health experts that the country could face an explosion of coronavirus cases unless the government takes stricter measures.
Ebrahim Noroozi / APA worker disinfects a public bus against coronavirus in Tehran, Iran, in early morning of Feb. 26, 2020.
Mark Schiefelbein/APPeople riding scooters wear face masks to protect against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Beijing, May 6, 2020.
Claudio Furlan/LaPresse/APA just married couple is celebrated by friends as they leave the registry offices after the civil ceremony in Milan, Italy, Friday, May 8, 2020. The municipality of Milan restarted celebrating civil marriages Thursday, as the city is slowly returning to life after the long shutdown due to the coronavirus outbreak. Access to the ceremony is only allowed for best men.
JUNI KRISWANTO / AFP via Getty ImagesPeople walk through a disinfectant chamber as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, before entering a shopping mall in Surabaya on March 31, 2020.
Alexander Zemlianichenko / APPeople wearing face masks and gloves observe social distancing guidelines as they ride escalators to the subway in Moscow, May 12, 2020.
BENSON IBEABUCHI/AFP via Getty ImagesA passenger's body temperature is being tested at the gate of entry upon arrival at the Murtala International Airport in Lagos, on March 2, 2020.
ROSLAN RAHMAN / AFP via Getty ImagesA healthcare worker dressed in personal protective equipment collects a nasal swab sample from a migrant worker for testing for the COVID-19 novel coronavirus at a foreign workers' dormitory in Singapore on April 27, 2020.
Matias Delacroix/APA woman wearing a mask as a precaution against the spread of the new coronavirus crosses Bolivar avenue in Caracas, Venezuela on March 29, 2020. Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has ordered the entire nation to stay home under a quarantine aimed at cutting off the spread of the new virus, calling it a "drastic and necessary measure."
STR/AFP via Getty ImagesVolunteers spray disinfectant with a robot at a residential area in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on March 3, 2020.
Rajanish Kakade / APCivic workers mark positions for maintaining physical distance at a marketplace in Mumbai, India, March 27, 2020. Some of India's legions of poor and others suddenly thrown out of work by a nationwide stay-at-home order began receiving aid on Thursday, as both public and private groups worked to blunt the impact of efforts to curb the coronavirus pandemic.
KARIM SAHIB / AFP via Getty ImagesA mask-clad Muslim worker prays near a mosque on the first Friday of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, amidst a curfew due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, in Dubai on April 24, 2020.
Olmo Calvo / APA man, 92, is taken from his home by medics after he showed possible coronavirus symptoms in Madrid, Spain, April 12, 2020.
Xiao Yijiu/Xinhua via APPatients infected with the coronavirus take rest at a temporary hospital converted from Wuhan Sports Center in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province on Feb. 17 ,2020..
Manu Fernandez / APHealthcare workers assist a COVID-19 patient at one of the intensive care units (ICU) of the Ramon y Cajal hospital in Madrid, Spain, April 24, 2020.
Greg Baker/AFP/Getty ImagesResidents walk through a disinfection channel set up as a protective measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus at the entrance to their apartment complexes in Tongzhou, east of Beijing, on Feb.18, 2020. The channel uses humidifiers to spray a mist of disinfectant as residents pass through.
Michael Probst / APPassengers, left, who just arrived at the airport walk past crew members of South African Airways, right, on their way to the security check at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, April 18, 2020.
INA FASSBENDER / AFP via Getty ImagesA combination of photos shows fashion protective face masks on display at Wolfgang Schinke's tailoring studio in Krefeld, western Germany, on April 22, 2020, amid the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. Schinke created a small and highly exclusive collection of couture pieces to order in cooperation with his partner Pierre Zielinski. Ten percent of the revenue will go to the 'Krefelder Tafel' social project.
Mark Baker/APCathedral Junction Barbers owner Conrad Fitz-Gerald cuts the hair of a customer just past midnight in Christchurch, New Zealand, May 14, 2020. New Zealand lifted most of its remaining lockdown restrictions from midnight Wednesday (noon Weds. GMT) as the country prepares for a new normal. Malls, retail stores and restaurants will reopen and many people will return to their workplaces.
Kevin Frayer/Getty ImagesA Chinese man wears a protective mask as he sleeps before boarding a train before the annual Spring Festival at a Beijing railway station on January 23, 2020 in Beijing, China.
Christophe Ena / APA police officer speaks to a car driver in Paris, Tuesday, March 17, 2020. French President Emmanuel Macron said that starting on Tuesday, people would be allowed to leave the place they live only for necessary activities such as shopping for food, going to work or taking a walk.
DAMIEN MEYER / AFP via Getty ImagesA doctor wears a homemade Tie-Back Surgical Gown in a consultation center dedicated to COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, suspected patients in Tinteniac, western France on March 27, 2020.
Hong Ki-won / APApplicants take a written examination during a recruitment test for Ansan Urban Corporation at the Wa stadium in Ansan, South Korea, on April 4, 2020. The corporation decided to held their recruitment test at the outdoor stadium as part of precaution against the new coronavirus and also all applicants had to wear face masks and had their temperature checked.
Rajanish Kakade/APImpoverished Indians rest by their shanties at Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums, during lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Mumbai, India,, April 3, 2020. A nationwide lockdown announced last week by Prime Minister Narendra Modi led to a mass exodus of migrant workers from cities to their villages, often on foot and without food and water, raising fears that the virus may have reached to the countryside, where health care facilities are limited.
SAFIN HAMED / AFP via Getty ImagesMedics check the body temperature of travelers arriving to the checkpoint of Arbil, the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region, on March 2, 2020, as a measure to prevent a novel coronavirus outbreak.
Alvaro Barrientos / APPatxi Martinez, left, and Pedro Ros, right, ring the bell at Santa Maria Cathedral in remembrance of those who have died from coronavirus, on Easter Sunday in Pamplona, Spain, April 12, 2020.
AFPA medical worker embraces a member of a medical assistance team from Jiangsu province at a ceremony marking their departure after helping with the COVID-19 coronavirus recovery effort, in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province on March 19, 2020.
THOMAS SAMSON / AFP via Getty ImagesA medical staff watches from a platform of the Gare d'Austerlitz train station on April 1, 2020 in Paris through the window of a medicalized TGV high speed trains before its departure to evacuate patients infected with the COVID-19 from Paris' region hospitals to other hospitals in the western France Brittany region where the outbreak has been limited so far.
GettyA man crosses an empty highway Feb. 3, 2020, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China.
Mladen Antonov/AFPCommuters with protective facemasks wait to board a canal boat at Pratunam Pier in Bangkok on Jan. 30, 2020.
MADAREE TOHLALA / AFP via Getty ImagesA woman wearing a face mask disinfects her hands amid concern over the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, before buying food in a market area ahead of breaking the fast during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat on May 5, 2020.
Khalil Senosi/APResidents desperate for a planned distribution of food for those suffering under Kenya's coronavirus-related movement restrictions push through a gate and create a stampede, causing police to fire tear gas at a district office in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, April 10, 2020.
MLADEN ANTONOV / AFP via Getty ImagesA woman eats her lunch in restaurant implementing social distancing after the Thai government relaxed measures to combat the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, in Bangkok on May 5, 2020.
Guillem Sartorio/AFP/Getty Images/AFP via Getty ImagesA passenger wears a face mask as a preventive measure in the international departures terminal at the OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg on March 16, 2020.
CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP via Getty ImagesA girl jumps over a skipping rope by the Tamagawa riverside in Tokyo on May 5, 2020.
GUILLERMO ARIAS / AFP via Getty ImagesCemetery workers wearing protective gear bury an unclaimed COVID-19 coronavirus victim, at the Municipal cemetery No. 13 in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico, on April 21, 2020.
Ahn Young-joon/APAn employee sprays disinfectant on a train as a precaution against a new coronavirus at Suseo Station in Seoul, South Korea, Jan. 24, 2020. China broadened its unprecedented, open-ended lockdowns to encompass around 25 million people Friday to try to contain a deadly new virus that has sickened hundreds, though the measures' potential for success is uncertain.
Martin Meissner / APA woman on a bicycle passes a coronavirus mural by street artist Uzey in Hamm, Germany, April 13, 2020.
Mahmoud Illean / APPeople visit the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, West Bank, March 5, 2020. Palestinian authorities said the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, built atop the spot where Christians believe Jesus was born, will close indefinitely due to coronavirus concerns.
Oded Balilty / APIsraelis play tennis on an empty road during lockdown following the government's measures to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv, Israel, April 9, 2020.
Jae C. Hong / APCommuters wearing masks stand in a packed train at the Shinagawa Station in Tokyo on March 2, 2020. Coronavirus has spread to more than 60 countries, and more than 3,000 people have died from the COVID-19 illness it causes.
POOL UEFA/AFP via Getty ImagesAtalanta's Slovenian midfielder Josip Ilicic scores in front of an empty stadium during the UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg match between Valencia CF and Atalanta at Estadio Mestalla on March 10, 2020 in Valencia.
Mindaugas Kulbis/APNewlyweds Alla and Modzi kiss through protective face masks after the wedding ceremony with only witnesses, as public gatherings are banned as part of Lithuania's lockdown measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Vilnius, Lithuania, April 3, 2020. All public and private events are banned in Lithuania, clubs, bars restaurants and most shops are closed due to the virus outbreak.
YONHAP/AFP via Getty ImagesSouth Korean soldiers wearing protective gear spray disinfectant as part of preventive measures against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, at city hall in Daegu on March 2, 2020.
Mahesh Kumar A / APAn Indian students wears a self-made mask and listens to a teacher at a government school in Hyderabad, India, March 4, 2020.
Kevin Frayer/Getty ImagesA young child wears a protective mask and is covered in plastic while waiting to check in to a flight at Beijing Capital Airport on January 30, 2020 in Beijing, China. The number of cases of a deadly new coronavirus rose to over 7000 in mainland China Thursday as the country continued to lock down the city of Wuhan in an effort to contain the spread of the pneumonia-like disease which medicals experts have confirmed can be passed from human to human.
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Health and Human Services Department suffered a cyberattack on its computer system Sunday night during the nation’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, according to three people familiar with the matter.
The attack appears to have been intended to slow the agency’s systems down, but didn’t do so in any meaningful way, said the people, who asked for anonymity to discuss an incident that was not public.
The National Security Council’s tweet on Sunday night was related to the hacking and the release of disinformation, according to the people. The government realized Sunday that there had been a cyber intrusion and false information was circulating.
NSC tweeted just before midnight: “Text message rumors of a national #quarantine are FAKE. There is no national lockdown. @CDCgov has and will continue to post the latest guidance on #COVID19.”
The tweet was in part meant to address the hacking, which involved multiple incidents. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and other Trump administration officials are aware of the incident, the person said.
It doesn’t appear that the hackers took any data from the systems, one of the people said. HHS officials assume that it was a hostile foreign actor, but there is no definitive proof at this time.
HHS did not immediately respond to request for comment. White House and National Security Council did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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