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Powered by "In a nutshell, SolarWinds' Orion product provides centralized monitoring across an organization's entire IT stack. That means the attackers who were able to compromise this platform had an extremely high level of access to all of these client systems," David Kennedy, CEO of TrustedSec, recently told Fox News. Largely considered a "back office" software company, according to Baird research analyst Rob Oliver, SolarWinds was founded in 1999 by former Walmart executive Donald Yonce and his brother, David. It has also been likened to a smaller Microsoft by some industry experts. (AP ...

By Justin Katz Dec 16, 2020 It remains unclear how many federal agencies have been breached in the SolarWinds compromise. Besides the Departments of Treasury, Commerce, Homeland Security and State and the National Institutes of Health, parts of the Pentagon have also been compromised, The New York Times reported. Analysts said the agencies affected by the breach could face several problems as they work to contain any damage. Philip Reitinger, president and CEO of the Global Cyber Alliance, said agencies would likely face two major challenges. The first is that the software they have been dire...

(Adds details of hack) WASHINGTON, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Hackers backed by a foreign government have been monitoring internal email traffic at the U.S. Treasury Department and an agency that decides internet and telecommunications policy, according to people familiar with the matter. “The United States government is aware of these reports and we are taking all necessary steps to identify and remedy any possible issues related to this situation,” said National Security Council spokesman John Ullyot. There is concern within the U.S. intelligence community that the hackers who targeted the Trea...

Copy to Clipboard (Getty Images) Vice President Mike Pence will publicly receive the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine on Friday to build confidence among people. He will be followed soon by President-elect Joe Biden, who is expected to get a shot as soon as next week. The White House said in a statement on Wednesday that Pence, who is the head of the White House coronavirus task force, is hoping to "promote the safety and efficacy of the vaccine and build confidence among the American people." At Friday's event, set to take place at the White House, the second lady Karen Pence, and Surgeon General Jer...

Citing people familiar with the matter, Reuters reported on Sunday that hackers backed by a foreign government had been monitoring internal email traffic at the US Treasury Department and the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration, an agency that decides internet and telecommunications policy. Technology company SolarWinds, which was the key steppingstone used by the hackers, said up to 18,000 of its customers had downloaded a compromised software update that allowed hackers to spy unnoticed on businesses and agencies for almost nine months. In the...