Email accounts used by the senior leadership of the Treasury Department were compromised by suspected Russian government hackers who carried out A huge cyber espionage campaign According to Oregon Senator Ron Wyden, several U.S. federal agencies The Senate Finance Committee’s ranking Democrat said the “full depth” of the Treasury hack is not known. ”
The Senate Finance Committee briefed staff as part of a major Treasury breach Solarwinds Hack, Wyden said in a statement Monday night.
“Hackers broke into systems in the department’s ices department, which is home to the department’s highest-ranking officials. The Treasury still doesn’t know exactly what actions were taken by hackers, or how the information was stolen,” Wyden said.
The Internal Revenue Service said there was no evidence that the agency had been tampered with or had an impact on taxpayer data.
Wyden said Microsoft had warned the department for a settlement that began in July.
Cyber security experts believe that a sophisticated group of hackers entered the U.S. earlier this year. The government network was able to penetrate through the loopholes of products developed by Sourwinds, which provide software to government agencies and large companies.
The hackers were then able to access sensitive information and communications of Solarwinds customers, including the Treasury, Commerce and Energy and the Los Alamos National Laboratory, which oversees the country’s nuclear arsenal.
President Trump has launched a cyber-espionage campaign that suggests China may be the culprit, but top U.S. officials, including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Attorney General William Barr, have pointed fingers at Russia.
“This was a very significant effort, and I think it is the case that we can now clearly say that it was the Russians who were involved in this activity,” Said In an interview on the radio program “The Mark Levine Show” on Friday.
Twelve agreed with PompeoHe said during a press conference on Monday that he “definitely looks Russian.”
The Kremlin has denied responsibility.
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