Justice Department confirms SolarWinds hackers accessed Department emails
The Justice Department on Wednesday joined a growing list of confirmed victims in the public and private sector of a suspected Russian espionage campaign that used tainted software made by SolarWinds. The attackers were able to burrow their way into the Microsoft Office 365 email accounts of Justice Department employees and potentially had access to “around 3%” of such email accounts in the department, Marc Raimondi, a department spokesman, said in a statement. The Justice Department has more than 115,000 employees, according to a fiscal 2020 budget request, but not all employees use Office 365, Raimondi told CyberScoop. He declined to say how many employees do use the software. The departments of Commerce, Energy and Treasury have also confirmed breaches. “Fewer than 10” U.S. agencies have been victimized by the targeted espionage operation, according to investigators. The Justice Department statement comes a day after U.S. investigators for the first time […]
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