The suspected Russian hacking campaign that has torn through the U.S. government zeroed in on more than 40 organizations, Microsoft's president said Thursday.
The campaign, which U.S. officials believe is the work of Russian intelligence, began at least as early as March , though it was discovered only last week, and has broken into multiple federal agencies.
A multi-agency statement described it this week as " ongoing ," leaving open the question of how many organizations were compromised and how badly.
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US Says Recent Hacking Campaign Hit Government Networks | Voice of America - English
WASHINGTON - The U.S. government confirmed on Wednesday that a recent hacking campaign affected its networks and said the attack was "significant and ongoing."
"This is a developing situation, and while we continue to work to understand the full extent of this campaign, we know this compromise has affected networks within the federal government," said a joint statement issued by the FBI, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI).
Hackers Don't Even Have To Hack Users Who Voluntarily Download Apps And Browser Extensions
Note that more and more of the recent botnets are colored green, which means their primary use is ad fraud, as opposed to DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks, spam, or ransomware.
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"The 28 extensions contained code that could perform several malicious operations. Avast said it found code to:
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Dutch prosecutors say Donald Trump's Twitter account was really hacked - The Verge
Twitter denied the original hacking reports in October, saying that it saw "no evidence to corroborate this claim" from Gevers. "Our original statement still stands and we have nothing further to share," a spokesperson told The Verge in response to the prosecutor's new conclusion. The White House has also strenuously denied the report.
That said, the Trump administration's response to far more serious cybersecurity threats hasn't inspired much confidence . And at least one law enforcement agency is taking Gevers' admission seriously.
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Billions Spent on U.S. Defenses Failed to Detect Giant Russian Hack - The New York Times
WASHINGTON — Over the past few years, the United States government has spent tens of billions of dollars on cyberoffensive abilities, building a giant war room at Fort Meade, Md., for United States Cyber Command, while installing defensive sensors all around the country — a system named Einstein to give it an air of genius — to deter the nation's enemies from picking its networks clean, again.
It now is clear that the broad Russian espionage attack on the United States government and private companies , underway since spring and detected by the private sector only a few weeks ago, ranks among the greatest intelligence failures of modern times.
Russian Hackers Have Been Inside Austin Network for Months
State-sponsored hackers believed to be from Russia have breached the city network of Austin, Texas, The Intercept has learned. The breach, which appears to date from at least mid-October, adds to the stunning array of intrusions attributed to Russia over the past few months.
Russia's dramatic intrusions into U.S. networks come at an awkward moment for Washington. In November, President Donald Trump fired Christopher Krebs, the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA, for refusing to go along with attempts to overturn the presidential election results, and Trump has generally shied away from criticizing Russian hacking operations.
Hackers and Cyberthreats Are Relentless - Security Boulevard
Internal systems were also hacked, apparently in pursuit of information about government clients. Experts said the attacker – likely the Russian government – could eventually leverage this data in future attacks against FireEye's customer base, including US national security agencies.
Less than a week later, there was yet more digital pain. Apparently the same attacker breached the computer systems of the US Treasury and Commerce departments in a government-focused attack related to the FireEye intrusion, exposing up to hundreds of thousands of networks.
Evicted During the Pandemic - The New York Times
For years there has been an eviction crisis in the United States. For many low-income families, wages have been stagnant for two decades while rent has doubled and government assistance has remained elusive.
The pandemic and the joblessness it created have made this situation more acute. Many American renters are in a deep debt hole with their landlords.
On today's episode, our conversations with single mother of two from Georgia over several months during the pandemic. After she lost her job in March, the bottom fell out of her finances and eviction papers started coming. The federal safety net only stretched so far.
Happening on Twitter
#SolarWindsHack NEW: Joint statement @CISAgov @ODNIgov @FBI acknowledges severity of hack + underscores scope acros… https://t.co/jzNAHFn50N CBS_Herridge (from Washington, D.C.) Thu Dec 17 01:01:53 +0000 2020
President Trump was briefed today on the suspected Russian hack of the U.S. government and private companies, accor… https://t.co/23d0nIMoEA kaitlancollins (from Washington, D.C.) Thu Dec 17 22:24:18 +0000 2020
Media: @Acosta to @wolfblitzer: "The @WhiteHouse says @realDonaldTrump has been briefed on the suspected #Russian c… https://t.co/mssc1r56Py Porter_Anderson Thu Dec 17 23:14:21 +0000 2020
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