U.S. Government Says Russia ‘Likely’ Behind Massive ‘Intelligence-Gathering’ Hack
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(Worthy News) – The U.S. government said January 5 that Russia was “likely” behind a massive hack of government and private company networks discovered last month and the intrusion was an “intelligence-gathering effort.”
In a joint statement issued by the director of national intelligence, FBI, and other investigative agencies, the U.S. government said that it was still trying to understand the scope and mitigate a “significant cyberincident” involving federal government networks.
The investigation has so far indicated that a hacker “likely Russian in origin” is behind what federal authorities described as an “ongoing” compromise of both government and nongovernmental networks. [ Source: Radio Free Europe (Read More…) ]
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