Russian Hackers Broke Into Federal Agencies

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Hackers acting on behalf of a foreign government — almost certainly a Russian intelligence agency — broke into a range of key government networks, including in the Treasury and Commerce Departments, and had free access to their email systems.

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Jan 06, 2021, Wed

washingtonpost.com Politics Jan 06, 2021, Wednesday

Justice Department also hit by Russian hackers - The Washington Post

Justice joins Treasury, State, Commerce and other agencies on the list of victims.

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Jan 05, 2021, Tue

cisa.gov Politics Jan 05, 2021, Tuesday

Joint Statement by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), and the National Security Agency (NSA) | CISA

On behalf of President Trump, the National Security Council staff has stood up a task force construct known as the Cyber Unified Coordination Group (UCG), composed of the FBI, CISA, and ODNI with supp

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nbcnews.com Politics Jan 05, 2021, Tuesday

Trump administration officially says huge hack was likely a Russian espionage operation

The statement from the CIA, FBI, NSA, DHS and ODNI comes after Trump cast doubt on a Russian origin for the hack, saying it might be China.

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Jan 02, 2021, Sat

nytimes.com Politics Jan 02, 2021, Saturday

As Understanding of Russian Hacking Grows, So Does Alarm - The New York Times

Those behind the widespread intrusion into government and corporate networks exploited seams in U.S. defenses and gave away nothing to American monitoring of their systems.

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Dec 31, 2020, Thu

washingtonpost.com Tech Dec 31, 2020, Thursday

Microsoft says Russians hacked its network, viewing source code - The Washington Post

The firm did not say what type of code was accessed and said no changes to the code were made.

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Dec 22, 2020, Tue

nytimes.com Politics Dec 22, 2020, Tuesday

Treasury Department’s Senior Leaders Were Targeted by Russian Hacking - The New York Times

The disclosure was the first acknowledgment of a specific intrusion in the vast cyberattack. At the White House, national security leaders met to assess how to deal with the situation.

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Dec 19, 2020, Sat

vox.com Politics Dec 19, 2020, Saturday

How Russian hackers infiltrated the federal government - Vox

the hackers are a Russian group called Cozy Bear, also known as APT29

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politico.com Politics Dec 19, 2020, Saturday

Democrats cry alarm over proposal to split up NSA, Cyber Command amid hacking crisis - POLITICO

Senior Defense Department leaders are reviewing a plan to separate the two agencies, a move lawmakers and DoD had contemplated for years.

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nytimes.com Politics Dec 19, 2020, Saturday

Pompeo Says Russia Was Behind Cyberattack on U.S. - The New York Times

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is the first member of the Trump administration to publicly link the Kremlin to the hacking of dozens of government and private systems.

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Dec 18, 2020, Fri

microsoft.com Tech Dec 18, 2020, Friday

Analyzing Solorigate, the compromised DLL file that started a sophisticated cyberattack, and how Microsoft Defender helps protect customers - Microsoft Security

We, along with the security industry and our partners, continue to investigate the extent of the Solorigate attack. While investigations are underway, we want to provide the defender community with intel to understand the scope and impact, remediation guidance, and detections and protections we have built as a result.

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Dec 17, 2020, Thu

time.com Politics Dec 17, 2020, Thursday

U.S. Nuclear Weapons Agency Hacked in Massive Cyber-Attack | Time

An investigation has found the hack didn’t affect “mission-essential national security functions,” a Department of Energy spokesperson said in a statement.

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bloomberg.com Politics Dec 17, 2020, Thursday

Hackers Tied to Russia Hit Nuclear Agency; Microsoft Is Exposed - Bloomberg

The U.S. nuclear weapons agency and at least three states were hacked as part of a suspected Russian cyber-attack that struck a number of federal government agencies, according to people with knowledge of the matter, indicating widening reach of one of the biggest cybersecurity breaches in recent memory.

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politico.com Politics Dec 17, 2020, Thursday

Nuclear weapons agency breached amid massive cyber onslaught

Hackers accessed systems at the National Nuclear Security Administration, which maintains the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile.

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nytimes.com Politics Dec 17, 2020, Thursday

More Hacking Attacks Found, Officials Warn of Risk to U.S. Government - The New York Times

Minutes after the government statement, President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. warned that his administration would impose “substantial costs” on those responsible. President Trump has been silent on the hacking.

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Dec 15, 2020, Tue

nytimes.com News Dec 15, 2020, Tuesday

Scope of Russian Hack Becomes Clear: Multiple U.S. Agencies Were Hit - The New York Times

The Pentagon, intelligence agencies, nuclear labs and Fortune 500 companies use software that was found to have been compromised by Russian hackers. The sweep of stolen data is still being assessed.

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Dec 13, 2020, Sun

nytimes.com News Dec 13, 2020, Sunday

Russian Hackers Broke Into Federal Agencies, U.S. Officials Suspect - The New York Times

In one of the most sophisticated and perhaps largest hacks in more than five years, email systems were breached at the Treasury and Commerce Departments. Other breaches are under investigation.

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Dec 08, 2020, Tue

fireeye.com Tech Dec 08, 2020, Tuesday

FireEye Shares Details of Recent Cyber Attack, Actions to Protect Community | FireEye Inc

FireEye was recently attacked by a nation-state adversary and here are the actions we are taking to protect the community.

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fireeye.com Tech Dec 08, 2020, Tuesday

Unauthorized Access of FireEye Red Team Tools | FireEye Inc

A state-sponsored adversary stole FireEye Red Team tools, so we are releasing hundreds of countermeasures to ensure the security community is protected.

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SolarWinds - Wikipedia

SolarWinds Inc. is an American company that develops software for businesses to help manage their networks, systems, and information technology infrastructure. It is headquartered in Austin, Texas

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Cozy Bear - Wikipedia

Cozy Bear, classified by the United States Federal Government as advanced persistent threat APT29, is a Russian hacker group believed to be associated with one or more intelligence agencies of Russia.

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