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SolarWinds hackers accessed emails from the US Department of Homeland Security

The SolarWinds hackers accessed the emails from the US Department of Homeland Security. Hackers at first they are suspected of working for Russia. They gained access to an email account belonging to the former head of the US Department of Homeland Security. in the attack on SolarWinds. The latter is responsible for cybersecurity.

The AP report said the intelligence value of the hacking of Chad Wolf, the former DHS secretary, and of email accounts belonging to officials of the department’s cybersecurity staff, was not publicly known.

SolarWinds hackers accessed emails from the US Department of Homeland Security

For its part, DHS did not immediately respond. to a request for comments and, at the time of writing, it has not yet been pronounced. Keep in mind that at the time, Ryan Toohey, already warned that he would not make executives available for comment. This is why we do not believe that they are pronounced.

Recall that the security breach at SolarWinds came to light in December. Hackers They infiltrated the network management software of the American technology company. Once there, they added code that allowed them to spy on end users. Hackers penetrated nine federal agencies and 100 companies.

SolarWinds hackers accessed emails from the US Department of Homeland Security

A few weeks ago, Reuters reported that a planned executive order from the Biden administration would require many software vendors to notify their federal government clients when companies have a cybersecurity breach.

Keep in mind that the scope of the SolarWinds attack does not only affect SolarWinds. From time to time news are coming out in which we see that the same attackers are targeting new targets. A recent example of this is the attack by supposedly the same hackers on Malwarebytes via a Microsoft exploit.

As we have already said several times, this attack has been a before and after in computer security. The pandemic has highlighted just how important this is and what still needs to be done.

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