{"id":97723,"date":"2020-12-18T07:30:05","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T12:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=97723"},"modified":"2020-12-18T06:37:39","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T11:37:39","slug":"russia-linked-solarwinds-hack-ensnares-widening-list-of-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=97723","title":{"rendered":"(Bloomberg) Russia-Linked SolarWinds Hack Ensnares Widening List of Victims"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was clear from the start that a cyber attack by suspected Russian hackers aimed at several U.S. government agencies was going to be bad. One clue: National Security Advisor<\/span> Robert O\u2019Brien cut short a trip overseas early this week to rush back to Washington to help manage the crisis.<\/p>\n

But on Thursday, the reality of just how sprawling — and potentially damaging — the breach might be came into sharper focus. It started with a bulletin from the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, known as CISA, warning that the hackers were sophisticated, patient and well-resourced, representing a \u201cgrave risk\u201d to federal, state and local governments as well as critical infrastructure and the private sector. It didn\u2019t take long to see how accurate the agency\u2019s assessment was.<\/p>\n

Bloomberg News reported that at least three state governments were hacked. That was followed by reports of other breaches: the city network<\/a> in Austin, Texas, and the U.S. nuclear weapons agency<\/a>. Late in the day software giant Microsoft Corp.<\/a> said its systems were exposed.<\/p>\n

Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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… effect of Thursday\u2019s revelations was confirmation that no single person or agency — including the highest reaches of the U.S. government — is certain of exactly what the hackers had infiltrated, let alone the full extent of what was taken.https:\/\/t.co\/vm8C7Ay8i2<\/a><\/p>\n

— Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman (@RhiFionn) December 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n