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New SolarWinds consultant Alex Stamos became one of the first public figures to attribute the massive hacking campaign against SolarWinds to the Russian foreign intelligence service, or SVR. Stamos said Thursday that the SVR—also known as APT29 or Cozy Bear—excels at covering its tracks and quietly exfiltrating information from victims so it’s not noticed. Stamos, who was Facebook’s security chief, started last month as an independent consultant at SolarWinds, working alongside ex-Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Chris Krebs to assist with crisis response. “...

Alex Stamos Attributes SolarWinds Hack To Russian Intel Service New SolarWinds consultant Alex Stamos says the Russian foreign intelligence service is responsible for the massive hacking effort, although SolarWinds itself isn’t attributing the attacks to a specific group or nation. By Michael Novinson February 04, 2021, 03:01 PM EST New SolarWinds consultant Alex Stamos became one of the first public figures to attribute the massive hacking campaign against SolarWinds to the Russian foreign intelligence service, or SVR. Stamos said Thursday that the SVR—...

Feds Had Years of Warnings About Potential Nuclear Hack Erin Banco, Adam Rawnsley © Provided by The Daily Beast Alastair Pike/AFP via Getty Officials have raised concerns for years about the potential that networks associated with the Department of Energy were susceptible to cyber breaches from foreign adversaries, according to four current and former officials. Now such a breach has taken place. On Thursday, the Department of Energy announced that it was responding to a “cyber incident” in which officials discovered malware related to corrupted versions of SolarWinds s...