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Reuters was not able to establish how many organizations were compromised by the suspected Chinese operation.

government breach have not been previously reported. Security researchers have previously said a second group of hackers was abusing SolarWinds' software at the same time as the alleged Russian hack, but the suspected connection to China and ensuing U.S. The software flaw exploited by the suspected Chinese group is separate from the one the United States has accused Russian government operatives of using to compromise up to 18,000 SolarWinds customers, including sensitive federal agencies, by hijacking the company's Orion network monitoring software. Department of Agriculture, was among the affected organizations, raising fears that data on thousands of government employees may have been compromised. Two people briefed on the case said FBI investigators recently found that the National Finance Center, a federal payroll agency inside the U.S. lawmakers have labeled a national security emergency.

government computers last year, five people familiar with the matter told Reuters, marking a new twist in a sprawling cybersecurity breach that U.S. WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Suspected Chinese hackers exploited a flaw in software made by SolarWinds Corp to help break into U.S.

By Christopher Bing, Jack Stubbs, Raphael Satter and Joseph Menn