By Justin Katz
FireEye chief Kevin Mandia said this weekend he estimates around 50 organizations downloaded malicious code and were genuinely impacted by the hacking campaign believed to have breached multiple federal agencies and Fortune 500 companies. This threat actor wasn t a one and done, Mandia said Dec. 20 on CBS Face The Nation. I think these are folks that we ve responded to in the 90s, in the early 2000s.
Mandia, whose firm is credited with initially discovering the hacking campaign s breach via SolarWinds Orion, an IT management software suite, also said FireEye has evidence to suggest hackers efforts may have started late last year. FireEye is also the organization that named the malware SUNBURST.
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Attorney General William Barr is the latest government official to join those blaming Russian actors for the sweeping breach that has rocked public and private information systems, including those of several federal agencies.
Cybersecurity firm FireEye was the first victim to report it had been compromised by what CEO Kevin Mandia described as “a nation with top-tier offensive capabilities,” and while FireEye did not publicly make the Russia connection,
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Joe Biden s team vows sanctions over cyberattacks
Joe Biden will hit back at Russia with more than just sanctions for its suspected role in recent cyberattacks, his chief of staff has said. A bipartisan group of lawmakers has called for a strong response by the US.
Joe Biden s team is considering multiple options over Russia s alleged role in a hacking campaign
Joe Biden s incoming chief of staff has suggested that the US president-elect, once in office, would take a much stronger line against Russia for its suspected cyberespionage operations, saying the US response would go beyond sanctions. Those who are responsible are going to face consequences for it, Ron Klain told US network CBS on Sunday. It s not just sanctions. It s also steps and things we could do to degrade the capacity of foreign actors to repeat this sort of attack or, worse still, engage in even more dangerous attacks.