Russia has denied any involvement with the breach and former President Donald Trump had suggested, without evidence, that Chinese hackers may be the culprits. Later, the same group attacked the Democratic National Committee and members of the Hilary Clinton presidential campaign.
Russian intelligence was also credited with breaking into the email servers in the White House, the State Department, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 20. Read more: Former US cybersecurity chief Chris Krebs says officials are still tracking 'scope' of the SolarWinds hack Who did it?įederal investigators and cybersecurity experts say that Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service, known as the SVR, is probably responsible for the attack. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on CNBC that the hackers have only accessed unclassified information, but the department is still investigating the extent of the breach. The IRS hasn't found any evidence of being compromised, he added. So were private companies, like Microsoft, Cisco, Intel, and Deloitte, and other organizations like the California Department of State Hospitals, and Kent State University, the Wall Street Journal reported.Īnd since the hack was done so stealthily, and went undetected for months, security experts say that some victims may never know if they were hacked or not, the Wall Street Journal reported.Īt the Treasury Department, hackers broke into dozens of email accounts and networks in the Departmental Offices of the Treasury, "home to the department's highest-ranking officials," Sen. US agencies - including parts of the Pentagon, the Department of Homeland Security, the State Department, the Department of Energy, the National Nuclear Security Administration, and the Treasury - were attacked. New findings suggest a more complicated role
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Read more: Microsoft said its software and tools were not used 'in any way' in the SolarWinds attacks.
Microsoft president Brad Smith said in a February congressional hearing that more than 80% of the victims targeted were nongovernment organizations.
Since SolarWinds has many high-profile clients, including Fortune 500 companies and multiple agencies in the US government, the breach could be massive. SolarWinds told the SEC that up to 18,000 of its customers installed updates that left them vulnerable to hackers.
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