US Vows Swift Action if Defense Networks Hit by Alleged Russia Hack
On 12/14/20 at 7:59 PM EST
The U.S. military s cyberwarfare branch has promised a quick response if the nation s defense networks were found to have been infiltrated in a major hack that has rocked the federal government.
As of Monday afternoon, the Department of Commerce and the Department of the Treasury have acknowledged that their communications were affected by a yet unidentified perpetrator exploiting a vulnerability in an update to Orion products offered by software company SolarWinds. A third agency, the Department of Homeland Security, is also believed to have been affected, according to Reuters.