FBI says significant cyberattacks on US federal agencies still underway, plans response

Calling recent significant cyberattacks on US federal ncies “a developing situation”, FBI, CISA and ODNI jointly said on December 16 that y are putting toger a unified response to breaches while understanding its effect on networks within ncies. In a statement, late Wednesday (local time), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security ncy (CISA) and Office of Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) said that y have formed a Cyber Unified Coordination Group (UCG)  to coordinate response of entire government. 

Furr, federal ncies also said that FBI is investigating cyberattacks along with garing intelligence surrounding same. As per statement, FBI is currently engaging with both kwn as well as suspected victims of attacks to take more actions.  joint statement came after a US media reported on December 13 that US Department of Homeland Security was third federal department to face a significant cyberattack. 

“This is a developing situation, and while we continue to work to understand full extent of this campaign, we kw this compromise has affected networks within federal government,” statement said.

“As le for threat response, FBI is investigating and garing intelligence in order to attribute, pursue, and disrupt responsible threat actors. FBI is engaging with kwn and suspected victims, and information gained through FBI's efforts will provide indicators to network defenders and intelligence to our government partners to enable furr action,” it ded.

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CISA order on SolarWinds Orion IT products

Attached to Department of Homeland Security or DHS, CISA on December 12 reportedly ordered federal ncies to stop using SolarWinds Orion IT products in wake of reports that cyberattackers h used a recent update to get access to internal communications. CISA Acting Director Brandon Wales h reportedly urged all ncy partners in both private and public sectors to “assess ir exposure to this compromise and to secure ir networks.”

se hackers are reportedly believed to have targeted US State Department, Joint Chiefs of Staff and White House networks during ministration of former US President Barack Obama. same Russian group is also reportedly thought to have carried out break-in during 2016 US Presidential Election. 

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