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President Joe Biden today signed an executive order that imposes sweeping sanctions on Russia for interfering in the 2020 presidential election, carrying out the SolarWinds hacking campaign and other actions.
As part of the move, the U.S. Treasury Department has hit 32 entities and individuals with sanctions over their roles in the efforts of the Russian government to interfere with the 2020 presidential elections. The 32 entities and individuals were also involved in other acts of disinformation and interference, the White House said.
Another major focus of the executive order is the SolarWinds hacking campaign, which exploited vulnerabilities in network management software sold by SolarWinds Inc. to compromise more than 16,000 networks worldwide. Multiple U.S. government agencies were among the organizations affected. Today, the U.S. named the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service as the perpetrator of the hacking campaign and imposed sanctions on six Russian technology com
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