Sources: SolarWinds hackers gained access to emails of Trump administration's top DHS officials, including acting Secretary Chad Wolf and cybersecurity staff
Report iTnews : SolarWinds hack obtained emails of top US Homeland Security officials Tweets: @inteloperator : The recently approved stimulus package includes $650m for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to harden cyber defenses. Federal officials said that amount is only a down payment on much bigger planned spending. https://twitter.com/... @inteloperator : In December, officials discovered a sprawling, months-long cyber-espionage effort done largely through a hack of widely used software from Texas-based SolarWinds. At least nine federal agencies were hacked, and dozens of private-sector companies. https://twitter.com/... Rob Portman / @senrobportman : The #SolarWinds hack was a victory for our foreign adversaries, and a failure for @DHSgov. This @AP article details not only how damaging this hack was, but the most alarming detail that we still don't know the extent of the damage. https://apnews.com/... Molly O'Toole / @mollymotoole : “'The SolarWinds hack was a victory for our foreign adversaries, and a failure for DHS,' said Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio, top Republican on the Senate's Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. 'We are talking about DHS's crown jewels.'” https://apnews.com/... Jennifer Jacobs / @jenniferjjacobs : The suspected Russian hackers behind SolarWinds hack got into email accounts belonging to Trump's Homeland Security chief @ChadFWolf and DHS cybersecurity staff who hunt for threats from foreign countries. Also top Energy officials' schedules @AlanSuderman https://apnews.com/... Eric Geller / @ericgeller : “Wolf and other top Homeland Security officials used new phones that had been wiped clean along with the popular encrypted messaging system Signal to communicate in the days after the hack, current and former officials said.” https://twitter.com/... Thaddeus E. Grugq / @thegrugq : They had to read chad wolf's emails? The poor bastards https://twitter.com/...
The #SolarWinds hack was a victory for our foreign adversaries, and a failure for @DHSgov. This @AP article details not only how damaging this hack was, but the most alarming detail that we still don't know the extent of the damage. https://apnews.com/...
The recently approved stimulus package includes $650m for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to harden cyber defenses. Federal officials said that amount is only a down payment on much bigger planned spending. https://twitter.com/...
In December, officials discovered a sprawling, months-long cyber-espionage effort done largely through a hack of widely used software from Texas-based SolarWinds. At least nine federal agencies were hacked, and dozens of private-sector companies. https://twitter.com/...
“'The SolarWinds hack was a victory for our foreign adversaries, and a failure for DHS,' said Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio, top Republican on the Senate's Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. 'We are talking about DHS's crown jewels.'” https://apnews.com/...
The suspected Russian hackers behind SolarWinds hack got into email accounts belonging to Trump's Homeland Security chief @ChadFWolf and DHS cybersecurity staff who hunt for threats from foreign countries. Also top Energy officials' schedules @AlanSuderman https://apnews.com/...
“Wolf and other top Homeland Security officials used new phones that had been wiped clean along with the popular encrypted messaging system Signal to communicate in the days after the hack, current and former officials said.” https://twitter.com/...