Russian SolarWinds hack got emails of top Trump DHS officials


I think the Russian government already knows quite a bit about the secrets of the U.S. government just by having Trump working for them. But this breach just shows how powerful they really are and how weak we are when it comes to cyberterrorism:

Suspected Russian hackers gained access to email accounts belonging to the Trump administration’s head of the Department of Homeland Security and members of the department’s cybersecurity staff whose jobs included hunting threats from foreign countries, The Associated Press has learned.

The intelligence value of the hacking of then-acting Secretary Chad Wolf and his staff is not publicly known, but the symbolism is stark. Their accounts were accessed as part of what’s known as the SolarWinds intrusion and it throws into question how the U.S. government can protect individuals, companies and institutions across the country if it can’t protect itself.


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