Pompeo blames Russia for US cyber-attack on federal agencies, private companies

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has blamed Russia for recent cyberattacks on US government ncies and companies via software provided by a private firm SolarWinds Corp. attacks, which are being described as one of worst-ever cyberattacks on US soil, were recently identified, but experts say it h been going on for months. Pompeo has said he is "pretty sure" that ir is Russian involvement in attacks. 

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"I can’t say much more as we’re still unpacking precisely what it is, and I’m sure some of it will remain classified.  But suffice it to say re was a significant effort to use a piece of third-party software to essentially embed code inside of U.S. Government systems and it w appears systems of private companies and companies and governments across world as well.  This was a very significant effort, and I think it’s case that w we can say pretty clearly that it was Russians that engd in this activity," Pompeo said during an interview with Mark Levin of Mark Levin Show. 

Pompeo also slammed Russian President Vlimir Putin, saying he remains a real risk to free world, especially United States. Pompeo took opportunity to hit out at China as he called Communist State a challenge that truly presents an existential threat to prosperity and sovereignty of US. 

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US cyberattacks

According to reports, as many as 12 federal ncies of United States, including Department of Defence and national nuclear weapons ncy were targetted through hacks via software provided by a tech company SolarWinds Corp. attacks came to tice of intelligence officials after being discovered by a cybersecurity company called FireEye. Reports suggest that attacks may have been going on since March when COVID-19 outbreak was at its peak in United States. 

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hackers mand to insert malware into software updates that were reportedly being sent to US government as well as its partners in private sectors through SolarWinds. company said that it believes as many as 18,000 systems have been compromised across US. In a joint statement, FBI, CISA, and ODNI said on December 16  that y are putting toger a unified response to breaches while understanding its effect on networks within ncies. 

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