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2020: Hacker attack
On December 13, 2020, it became known about cyber attacks on the US Treasury Department and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). According to Reuters, the attackers are supported by a foreign government, but which one is not specified.
According to the Washington Post, the hacker group APT29 or Cozy Bear, allegedly working for the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, is behind the cyber attacks.
The Russian embassy in Washington categorically denies the accusations.
 | We responsibly declare: attacks in the information space contradict the foreign policy principles of our country, its national interests and an understanding of how relations between states are built. Russia does not conduct "offensive" operations in a virtual environment, the Russian embassy said on Facebook. |  |
They added that the Russian Federation is actively promoting bilateral and multilateral agreements on cybersecurity.
According to Reuters sources, a meeting of the US National Security Council was convened due to a cyber attack at the White House on December 12, 2020. The agency's interlocutors say that American intelligence fears a possible hacking of other units of the country's government.
The Washington Post writes that hackers managed to hack into the systems through updates to the IT company SolarWinds, a software provider to the US government. They confirmed that the updates released from March to June 2020 could use the "national state" for their own purposes.
Hackers reportedly gained access to Microsoft Office 365 software. This allowed them to track the mail of NTIA employees for several months. The Ministry of Finance and Microsoft did not comment on the fact of the hacks.
The volume of data leakage has not yet been determined. Several departments are investigating, including the FBI.[1]
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