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White House Attributes SolarWinds Hack To Russian Agency

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, April 15th, 2021

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White House Attributes SolarWinds Hack To Russian Agency

President Joe Biden. Photo: White House

The Biden administration on Thursday publicly attributed a cyber espionage campaign to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) that was first disclosed last December by a U.S. cybersecurity firm and the administration also announced sanctions against six companies in Russia’s technology sector. The attribution to the SVR, which is also known as APT 29, Cozy Bear, and The Dukes, is the first time the U.S. government has been specific about identifying the Russian government, and specifically the SVR, as the…

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