Hack may have exposed deep US secrets; damage yet unknown
By FRANK BAJAKDecember 15, 2020 GMT
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.
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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.
Hackers may have stolen deep U S secrets
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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 gu