SBA systems fended off foreign adversaries applying for coronavirus loans

FedScoop: Amid the Small Business Administration’s early struggles with its system for coronavirus relief loans, the agency was able to quickly identify and block North Korean, Chinese and Russian accounts making bogus applications for coronavirus relief loans, officials said Thursday.

The agency moved to the cloud three years ago but didn’t realize just how powerful its cloud cybersecurity tools were until it deployed them against foreign adversaries, said Guy Cavallo, deputy chief information officer, during an AFFIRM webinar Thursday.

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