Several U.S. government networks, including the Treasury, Commerce and Homeland Security Departments, have each been hit by a major cyberespionage campaign operated by Russian hackers.
The list of victims of the cyberattack is expected to expand as more information comes to light Given that the agency set-up to safeguard the U.S. from cyber and physical threats was also breached highlights how any government agency is at risk from state-sponsored threats.
With the attack, the hackers were apparently able to access internal emails sent by the US Treasury and Commerce Department.
The hackers got in by ensuring they first breached the company SolarWinds and then used this incident to infiltrate government departments, harnessing a complex supply chain network. The name of the massive hack has been dubbed Sunburst. Providing insight for Digital Journal into how the U.S. government should recover and learn from this incident, is Casey Ellis, who is the Chief Technology Officer for Bu
some of your friends information with you. you re only bringing your own and you re able to connect with friends who have authorized it directly. let me turn to the bug bounty program. our subcommittee has had a hearing. your press release indicated that was one of the six changes facebook initially offered to crack down on abuses. rewarding outside parties who find vulnerabilities. one concern i have regarding the utility of this approach is the vulnerability disclosure programs are normally geared toward identifying unauthorized access to data. not pointing out data sharing arrangements that likely could harm someone but technically abide by a complex consent agreement. how do you see the bug bounty program you have announced addressing the issue of that? sorry. could you clarify. how do you see that the bug bounty program that you have