‘It’s going to take a lot of digging’: The Pentagon’s long search to see if anyone’s hiding in its networks December 17, 2020 The Pentagon s investigation of whether hackers infiltrated its networks in the SolarWinds breach will be difficult. (JuSun/Getty Images) WASHINGTON – The military and intelligence community is scrambling to conduct a daunting hunt across disconnected networks to assess potential damage from an extensive federal cybersecurity breach by suspected Russian hackers. As it searches for lurkers, one complicating factor is that the cybersecurity arm of the Department of Homeland Security warned Thursday that hackers used other means to access government and business networks beyond a software platform from contractor SolarWinds, used by the Pentagon, the military and intelligence offices. That network management platform was “not the only initial infection vector,” the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency alert said.
Feds find evidence of previously unknown tactics used to hack government networks
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WH Holds Urgent Meetings on Hacking Linked to Russia
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White House holds several meetings to address spate of Russian hacking
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Massive hack of US government launches search for answers as Russia named top suspect By: CNN
By Zachary Cohen, Alex Marquardt and Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) Days after several US agencies confirmed their networks were compromised in a massive data breach, federal officials are still struggling to understand the scope of the damage highlighting the sophistication and breadth of
an ongoing hacking campaign that has been tied to Russia.
House and Senate Intelligence Committee aides received a phone briefing on the hack from administration officials on Wednesday, but the full extent of the breach remains unclear, according to sources familiar with the briefing. The Biden transition team was also briefed on the attack this week, an official from the Department of Homeland Security s cyber arm told CNN. The official declined to provide additional details about what was discussed.