# Ransomware Gang Exploiting Legacy VPN Protocol in US Federal Agencies

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/ransomware-gang-exploiting-legacy-vpn-protocol-in-us-federal-agencies/38433
**Category:** News
**Created:** 2026-06-10T00:04:36Z
**Posts:** 1

## Post 1 by @fria — 2026-06-10T00:04:36Z

According to [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/09/cisa-gives-us-federal-agencies-three-days-to-fix-a-vpn-bug-under-attack-by-a-ransomware-gang/), CISA is giving US federal agencies until the end of Wednesday to fix an actively exploited VPN vulnerability in the [deprecated IKEv1](https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-ipsecme-ikev1-algo-to-historic-07.html) key exchange protocol.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/06/10/ransomware-gang-exploiting-legacy-vpn-protocol-in-us-federal-agencies/](https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/06/10/ransomware-gang-exploiting-legacy-vpn-protocol-in-us-federal-agencies/)