Biden admin says SolarWinds attack was executed from within the US, though Russia was responsible, and nine federal agencies and ~100 companies were compromised
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Related Coverage
- Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology Anne Neuberger, February 17, 2021 The White House
- White House now says 100 companies hit by SolarWinds hack, but more may be impacted The Verge
- White House warns SolarWinds breach cleanup will take time CyberScoop
- SolarWinds hack ‘carried out from within US’ TechRadar
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Tune in for a briefing with Press Secretary Jen Psaki and Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology Anne Neuberger. https://www.pscp.tv/...
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@elistokols
Eli Stokols
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Deputy NSA Anne Neuberger says SolarWinds hack “isn't the only case of malicious cyber-activity of likely Russian origin.” Says it'll be several months to uncover details of it and identify the perpetrator.
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@natashabertrand
Natasha Bertrand
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Neuberger says this is just the beginning of the USG's understanding of the scope and scale of the hack due to the sophistication of the techniques used, and says they have not ruled out potential additional activity beyond 9 agencies & 100 companies targeted.
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@kylieatwood
Kylie Atwood
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Biden's Deputy NSA for Cyber & Emerging Tech Anne Neuberger comments on how the SolarWinds hack happened. Says the actor was sophisticated/advanced, it took them months to plan & execute. She also points to a lack of domestic visibility into private sector networks by US govt.
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@ericgeller
Eric Geller
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Neuberger: “The scope and scale of our investigation is underway, and we look forward to providing you ... updates in the future.”
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Eric Geller
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On next steps, Neuberger says the administration is working on roughly a dozen policies to prevent a repeat attack and predicts that eight will be part of an upcoming “executive action” to address security gaps.
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@natashabertrand
Natasha Bertrand
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Next steps: Finding and expelling adversary: coordinating interagency response from NSC, and coordinating with Congress Building back better to modernize federal defenses: need more integrated response, upcoming executive action to address gaps Potential response options
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Kevin Collier
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Anne Neuberger is addressing WH briefing on SolarWinds for the first time. Gives the most definitive numbers than we've seen thus far: nine federal agencies compromised, plus about 100 private sector companies, many of them tech companies that could be used for more intrusions.