(Douglas Braff) Russian government hackers reportedly infiltrated multiple U.S. government agencies, including the Treasury and Commerce departments, as part of a worldwide espionage campaign that dates back months, people familiar with the matter told The Washington Post in a Monday report.
by Douglas Braff, December, 15th, 2020
Over the weekend, officials were clambering to evaluate the nature and extent of the breach and implement effective countermeasures, but initial signs suggested the breach was long-running and significant, the people familiar with the matter told The Post.
The hackers, known by the nicknames APT29 or Cozy Bear, are part of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) and in some cases they breached email systems…
The hackers, known by the nicknames APT29 or Cozy Bear, are part of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) and in some cases they breached email systems, the people familiar with the breach told The Post, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the matter’s sensitivity. This is the same Russian group that hacked the State Department and the White House email servers during the Obama administration.
The FBI is investigating the campaign, which may have begun as early as springtime, and had no comment Sunday, according to The Post. The list of hacking victims have included government, consulting, technology, telecom, and oil and gas companies in North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, according to FireEye, a cybersecurity firm that was breached too.
On Sunday, the Russian Embassy in Washington called Russian hacking reports “baseless attempts by American media to accuse Russia of hacking on US government authorities.”
The statement continued, saying that “attacks in the information space contradict the foreign policy principles of our country, its national interests and understanding of how relations between states are built. Russia does not conduct ‘offensive’ operations in a virtual environment.”
It was through the update server of a network management system made by the firm SolarWinds that all of the entities were hacked, FireEye said in a blog post Sunday.
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