Officials: No sign of hack affecting cities in Oregon
By ANDREW SELSKYDecember 18, 2020 GMT
SALEM, Ore. (AP) Amid a newly discovered hack of U.S. government agencies, city officials have been monitoring the situation in Oregon but so far, no intrusions have been detected.
“We just did a statewide call this morning in which this was a topic,” said Mike Cully, executive director of the League of Oregon Cities. “There have been no cities -– that we are aware of –- that have been directly affected.”
On the state level, officials are also on the watch for any hacks.
“We are actively monitoring the situation with a broad team of cybersecurity professionals, federal partners, and third-party security specialists,” said Charles Boyle, spokesman for Gov. Kate Brown.
December 18, 2020 Analyzing Solorigate, the compromised DLL file that started a sophisticated cyberattack, and how Microsoft Defender helps protect customers Microsoft 365 Defender Research Team Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) Share
UPDATE: Microsoft continues to work with partners and customers to expand our knowledge of the threat actor behind the nation-state cyberattacks that compromised the supply chain of SolarWinds and impacted multiple other organizations. Microsoft previously used ‘Solorigate’ as the primary designation for the actor, but moving forward, we want to place appropriate focus on the actors behind the sophisticated attacks, rather than one of the examples of malware used by the actors. Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) has named the actor behind the attack against SolarWinds, the SUNBURST backdoor, TEARDROP malware, and related components as NOBELIUM. As we release new content and analysis, we will use NOBELIUM to
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