Hackers believed to be linked to Russia breached computer systems belonging to several government agencies — Treasury, Homeland Security, Commerce, and the U.S. Postal Service. The intruders were able to successfully infiltrate using a vulnerability that existed within a network monitoring product sold by SolarWinds. Here's a closer look at what's described as a "monthslong global cyberspying campaign."
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Federal security agencies have finally confirmed that the massive hack of government and private computer systems that was uncovered in mid-December was likely Russian in origin. A statement from a joint task force issued January 5 was one of the first from an administration that has been reluctant …
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hackers broke into the networks of the Treasury and Commerce departments as part of a monthslong global cyberespionage campaign revealed Sunday, just days after the prominent cybersecurity firm FireEye said it had been breached in an attack that industry experts said bore the …
The Department of Homeland Security, the State Department and the National Institutes of Health on Monday joined the list of known victims of a months-long, highly sophisticated digital spying operation by Russia whose damage remains uncertain but is presumed to be extensive, experts say. The list …
SolarWinds, the software company at the center of a suspected Russian cyber attack on U.S. federal agencies, has deep roots in Austin. The company was …
We've all seen the pop-ups on our laptops or phones: "Update is available, click here to download." We're constantly urged to do as we're told because these software updates improve our apps by boosting cyber-security and removing glitches. So when, in the spring, a pop-up message hit the screens of …
Known victims so far include the US Treasury, the US NTIA, and FireEye itself. Hackers believed to be operating on behalf of a foreign government have …
When FireEye Inc. discovered that it was hacked this month, the cybersecurity firm’s investigators immediately set about trying to figure out how …
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal authorities expressed increased alarm Thursday about a long-undetected intrusion into U.S. and other computer systems around the globe that officials suspect was carried out by Russian hackers. The nation’s cybersecurity agency warned of a “grave” risk to government and …
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ordered all government departments by noon Monday to identify and shut off instances of …
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UPDATED: The seized domain has been turned into a killswitch to prevent the SolarWinds hackers to escalate infections and make new victims. Microsoft …
Russian government hackers breached the Treasury and Commerce departments, along with other U.S. government agencies, as part of a global espionage campaign that stretches back months, according to people familiar with the matter. Officials were scrambling over the weekend to assess the nature and …
After only showing detection alerts, Microsoft moves to block trojanized SolarWinds apps from running, opening the door for some IT issues for some …
When Russian hackers first slipped their digital Trojan horses into federal government computer systems, probably sometime in the spring, they sat dormant for days, doing nothing but hiding. Then the malicious code sprang into action and began communicating with the outside world. At that moment — …
Thomas Bossert, former Homeland Security adviser to President Trump, in a Wednesday op-ed said there is evidence that Russia is to blame for what he called a "brazen" cyberattack on software company SolarWinds through cybersecurity company FireEye. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security …
Intrigue surrounds what may have been exposed, from nuclear secrets to Covid vaccine data to next-generation weapons systems Some of America’s most deeply held institutional secrets may have been stolen in a large hacking operation being blamed on elite Russian government operatives. Intrigue …
