From Kamala Harris to Vivek Murthy - Indian Americans in Joe Biden s team Updated Dec 17, 2020 | 00:36 IST
Indians make up almost 1.5% of the total population in the US but when it comes to US President-Elect Joe Biden s administration, Indians seem to be at the forefront! Joe Biden | Photo Credit: AP
Indians make up almost 1.5% of the total population in the US but when it comes to US President-Elect Joe Biden s administration, Indians seem to be at the forefront!
Starting off with his running mate Kamala Harris who will be the first Indian, Asian American & a woman to become the Vice President of the United States.
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BOSTON Some of America’s most deeply held secrets may have been stolen in a disciplined, monthslong operation being blamed on elite Russian government hackers. The possibilities of what might have been purloined are mind-boggling.
Could hackers have obtained nuclear secrets? Covid-19 vaccine data? Blueprints for next-generation weapons systems?
It will take weeks, maybe years in some cases, for digital sleuths combing through U.S. government and private industry networks to get the answers. These hackers are consummate pros at covering their tracks, experts say. Some theft may never be detected.
What’s seems clear is that this campaign – which cybersecurity experts says exhibits the tactics and techniques of Russia’s SVR foreign intelligence agency – will rank among the most prolific in the annals of cyberespionage.
U.S. government agencies, including the Treasury and Commerce departments, were among dozens of high-value public- and private-sector targets known to have been infiltrated as far back as March through a commercial software update distributed to thousands of companies and government agencies worldwide. A Pentagon statement Monday indicated it used the software. It said it had “issued guidance and directives to protect” its networks. It would not say – for “operational security reasons” – whether any of its systems may have been hacked.
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Governments and major corporations worldwide are scrambling to see if they, too, were victims of a global cyberespionage campaign that penetrated multiple U.S. government agencies and involved a common software product used by thousands of organizations. Russia, the prime suspect, denies involvement. Cybersecurity investigators said the hack’s impact extends far beyond the affected U.S. agencies, which include the Treasury and Commerce departments, though they haven’t disclosed which companies or what other governments were targeted.
WHAT HAPPENED?
The hack began as early as March when malicious code was snuck into updates to popular software that monitors computer networks of businesses and governments. The malware, affecting a product made by U.S. company SolarWinds, gave elite hackers remote access into an organization’s networks so they could steal information. It wasn’t discovered until the prominent cybersecurity comp