FBI, NSA say ongoing hacks at US federal agencies ‘likely Russian in origin’ – By Zack Whittaker (Techcrunch) / January 5 2021
The U.S. government says hackers “likely Russian in origin” are responsible for breaching the networks of at least 10 U.S. federal agencies and several major tech companies, including FireEye and Microsoft.
In a joint statement published Tuesday, the FBI, the NSA and Homeland Security’s cybersecurity advisory unit, CISA, said that the government was “still working to understand the scope” of the breach, but that the breaches are likely an “intelligence gathering effort.”
The compromises are “ongoing,” the statement said.
The statement didn’t name the breached agencies, but the Treasury, State and the Department of Energy are among those reported to be affected.
