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In a wide-spread cyber-attack on US federal agencies and enterprises, hackers also broke into the networks of NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), The Washington Post has reported, saying the Biden administration is reportedly preparing sanctions against Russia as the cybercriminals are "likely Russian in origin". Nine federal agencies and about 100 private sector companies were compromised as a result of the SolarWinds hack, the White House said last week. NASA and the FAA were named ahead of a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing tasked with investigating the widespread cy...

ADVERTISEMENT Warner is among the many bipartisan members of Congress focused on creating meaningful change in the wake of the breach, planning to discuss with witnesses topics including whether norms in cyberspace needed to be established and potential mandatory reporting with some liability protections for companies that get hacked. The Senate Intelligence Committee will kick off the week of hearings on the breach on Tuesday afternoon, when SolarWinds CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna will testify alongside Microsoft President Brad Smith, FireEye CEO Kevin Mandia and CrowdStrike President and CEO Ge...

Read more about US authorities still unravelling 'sophisticated' hack of nine govt agencies on Business Standard. A task force is investigating the extent of the damage from the breach, assessing potential responses and trying to confirm the identity of whoever was behind it

The SolarWinds Hack Was All But Inevitable -- this post authored by Terry Thompson, · · Many U.S. companies outsource software development because of a talent shortage, and some of that outsourcing goes to companies in Eastern Europe that are vulnerable to Russian operatives. · U.S. national cyber defense is split between the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security, which leaves gaps in authority. The SolarWinds hack was more than just one of the most devastating cyber attacks in history. It was a major breach of national security that revealed gaps in U.S. cyber ...

Fragmented authority for national cyber defense and global supply chains for building software stack the deck against US cybersecurity.