March 8 (UPI) -- Chinese government-backed hackers have breached at least six U.S. state government networks since last May, Mandiant cybersecurity firm confirmed Tuesday in a new report. Mandiant identifies the Chinese-state sponsored espionage hacking group as APT 41 in the new report, and classifies it among the Advanced Persistent Threats groups, which it pays special attention to since they receive direction and support from the national government. Advertisement APT41 exploited vulnerabilities in web applications to compromise at least six U.S. state government networks between May 2021 and February 2022, according to the report. In particular, APT41 exploited "a previously...