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By Justin Katz   FireEye chief Kevin Mandia said this weekend he estimates around 50 organizations downloaded malicious code and were "genuinely impacted" by the hacking campaign believed to have breached multiple federal agencies and Fortune 500 companies. "This threat actor wasn't a one and done," Mandia said Dec. 20 on CBS' Face The Nation. "I think these are folks that we've responded to in the 90s, in the early 2000s." Mandia, whose firm is credited with initially discovering the hacking campaign's breach via SolarWinds Orion, an IT management software suite, also said FireEye has evide...

Barr says US government hack appears to be Russia despite Trump trying to deflect suspicion from Moscow Justin Vallejo © Provided by The Independent Attorney General William Barr has said he supports intelligence assessments that Russia is behind the massive cyber-espionage operation against the US that Donald Trump has tried to blame on China. Asked whether Russia was responsible for the massive SolarWinds hack, Mr Barr contradicted the president’s attempts to deflect focus for the hack away from the Kremlin. “From the information I have, I agree with secretary [Mike] P...

Massive Hack Roundup: Attorney General Pins Intrusion on Russia Attorney General William Barr Michael Reynolds/Pool via AP Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. email Attorney General William Barr is the latest government official to join those blaming Russian actors for the sweeping breach that has rocked public and private information systems, including those of several federal agencies.    Cybersecurity firm FireEye was the first victim to report it had been compromised by what CEO Kevin Mandia described as “a nation ...

Barr Refutes Trump on Massive Hack Source: ‘Certainly Appears’ to Be Russia Paul D. Shinkman © (MICHAEL REYNOLDS/POOL/AFP/Getty Images) US Attorney General William Barr speaks during a news conference to provide an update on the investigation of the terrorist bombing of Pan Am flight 103 on the 32nd anniversary of the attack, at the US Department of Justice in Washington, DC, on December 21, 2020. - The US Justice Department unveiled charges against the Libyan who allegedly built the bomb that exploded aboard Pan Am flight 103 over Scotland exactly 32 years ago. Attorne...

By Susan Jones | December 21, 2020 | 5:39am EST Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah) is frequently at odds with his fellow Republicans. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) (CNSNews.com) - President Donald Trump "has a blind spot when it comes to Russia," Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said on Sunday. In the same interview with CNN's "State of the Union," Romney had praise for Democrat Joe Biden: I think that president-elect Biden is a clear-eyed and intelligent individual. And he's going to assess Russia and their capabilities in an appropriate way. But I also thi...