Trump administration says Russia behind SolarWinds hack. Trump himself begs to differ Microsoft’s analysis of hack suggests someone else had a crack at SolarWinds in 2019 when next-level 'DLL hell' followed likely developer pipeline compromise Share Copy United States secretary of state Mike Pompeo has laid the blame for the SolarWinds hack on Russia, but his boss begs to differ. Pompeo on Friday gave an interview with pro-Trump conservative talk radio host Mark Levin, the transcript of which was posted by the State Department. During the interview Levin asked about the SolarWinds incident. Pompeo responded by saying: “I think it’s the case that now we can say pretty clearly that it was the Russians that engaged in this activity.”