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News From Antiwar.com Original and up-to-date news Mike Pompeo Says Hack Was ‘Pretty Clearly’ Russia Pompeo is the first Trump admin official to pin the blame on Russia In an interview on Friday night, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he suspects Russia was behind the hack on the software company SolarWinds that has affected several US government agencies. “I can’t say much more as we’re still unpacking precisely what it is, and I’m sure some of it will remain classified,” Po...

Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call Former top US cybersecurity official Chris Krebs warned on Twitter Saturday not to "conflate" the security of the US voting system with the massive SolarWinds cyberattack. "The proof is in the paper," Krebs tweeted, later adding that you "cant hack paper." Krebs warning came shortly after President Donald Trump tweeted there could also have been "a hit on our ridiculous voting machines during the election." News surfaced earlier this month...

Russia Responsible For SolarWinds Cyber Attack   A massive cyber attack via the SolarWinds systems has left government agencies and companies all over the United States and world incredibly vulnerable. It is a major hack that is courtesy of Russia. “Russia has long been viewed as a threat in cyberspace. But after one of the most successful cyber intrusion campaigns in U.S. history, questions are being raised over how the federal government was so completely blindsided by an attack many exp...

Press release content from Globe Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. INVESTOR ALERT: Law Offices of Howard G. Smith Continues Investigation of SolarWinds ... Law Offices of Howard G. SmithDecember 18, 2020 GMT BENSALEM, Pa., Dec. 18, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Law Offices of Howard G. Smith continues its investigation on behalf of SolarWinds Corporation (“SolarWinds” or the “Company”) (NYSE: SWI ) investors concerning the Company and its officers’ possible vio...

By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Patient readers, sorry to be a bit late. Every so often by VPN causes my browser to believe I’m in Norway, at which point search results and my mailer UI appear in Norwegian, and I have to spend a few minutes persuading my browser otherwise. More politics shortly. –lambert Bird Song of the Day #COVID19 At reader request, I’ve added this daily chart from 91-DIVOC. The data is the Johns Hopkins CSSE data. Here is the site. Resuming the upward climb, though a...

Yesterday, we reported that the SolarWinds breach, which is still ongoing, was massive and extremely dangerous to the United States’ national security. The hackers got into key agencies, our critical infrastructure, and our nuclear weapons stockpile database. The hackers have had access since March and they can still download data. Attackers plugged malicious code into its software, which was then distributed to 18,000 of its 300,000 clients. Its customer base includes Fortune 500 firms and...

Press release content from Business Wire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP, a National Class Action Law Firm, Continues Investigation of SolarWinds Corporation (SWI) on Behalf of Investors December 17, 2020 GMT LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 16, 2020-- Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP (“GPM”), a national investor rights law firm, continues its investigation on behalf of SolarWinds Corporation (“SolarWinds” or the “Company”) (NYSE: SWI ) i...

ExtremeTech Security Researcher: ‘solarwinds123’ Password Left Firm Vulnerable in 2019 By Joel Hruska on December 17, 2020 at 8:52 am This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. The SolarWinds saga keeps getting worse as time goes by. Several days ago, news broke that some 18,000 companies had been compromised by a nation-state actor. The attackers in question are believed to be affiliated with Cozy Bear, aka APT29, aka the Russian g...

US Media Blames Russia For Cyber Intrusions Without Providing Any Evidence Published: December 17, 2020 On Tuesday, December 8, the network security company Based on my 25 years in cyber security and responding to incidents, I’ve concluded we are witnessing an attack by a nation with top-tier offensive capabilities. This attack is different from the tens of thousands of incidents we have responded to throughout the years. The attackers tailored their world-class capabilities specifically to...

Hack of Federal Government Larger Than Previously Thought, Warns CISA The federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said Thursday that the hacking campaign that targeted the federal government is larger than what was previously known. The alleged foreign actors gained backdoor access in more ways than through the SolarWinds software, which was publicly disclosed by the FBI and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) earlier this week. “One of the initial access vectors fo...