Posted on Apr 1, 2021
Russian hackers stole thousands of State Department emails, reports claim
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Thousands of diplomatic emails were reportedly stolen from the State Department in the latest breach of US government servers linked to Russian-backed hackers.
Citing two Congressional sources, Politico reported that the cyberattack targeted the department’s Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs and Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs last year.
It was unclear if the theft was connected to the SolarWinds hack that breached at least nine federal agencies, including the Pentagon, the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration, and the Departments of Commerce, Treasury, and Homeland Security.
While the hackers accessed emails from the State Department, they did not appear to have breached the classified network, according to a third source quoted by the outlet.
Citing two Congressional sources, Politico reported that the cyberattack targeted the department’s Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs and Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs last year.
It was unclear if the theft was connected to the SolarWinds hack that breached at least nine federal agencies, including the Pentagon, the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration, and the Departments of Commerce, Treasury, and Homeland Security.
While the hackers accessed emails from the State Department, they did not appear to have breached the classified network, according to a third source quoted by the outlet.
Russian hackers stole thousands of State Department emails, reports claim
Posted from independent.co.uk
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Supply chain hack, 3rd party apps with access to Microsoft services all leveraging Amazon's cloud and now Ubiquiti disclosing that they had a major breach back in Dec of 2020 as well.
Curious why this keeps happening? The answer eluded Barack Obama, who tried unsuccessfully to reset relations with Putin. The person who was picked to lead this doomed mission was the then secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, herself a Russian hacking victim in 2016. Then Trump comes and goes all the while encouraging hackers to steal emails. Now its Joe's turn to blunder into the realm of cyber security and being that he's picking a bunch of Obama era people to secure our virtual "border" I don't really expect things to change.
Decades of poor leadership in understanding and addressing cyber security - we are playing checkers while others are playing chess.
https://www.secureworldexpo.com/industry-news/federal-government-cyber-security
Curious why this keeps happening? The answer eluded Barack Obama, who tried unsuccessfully to reset relations with Putin. The person who was picked to lead this doomed mission was the then secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, herself a Russian hacking victim in 2016. Then Trump comes and goes all the while encouraging hackers to steal emails. Now its Joe's turn to blunder into the realm of cyber security and being that he's picking a bunch of Obama era people to secure our virtual "border" I don't really expect things to change.
Decades of poor leadership in understanding and addressing cyber security - we are playing checkers while others are playing chess.
https://www.secureworldexpo.com/industry-news/federal-government-cyber-security
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