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US intelligence agencies say Russia was likely behind the SolarWinds hack America’s intelligence community has issued a joint statement naming Russia as the most likely source of the SolarWinds hack. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/us-intelligence-agencies-fbi-nsa-cisa-solarwinds-hack-russia-111518166.html

SolarWinds hack may have been much wider than first thought The scope of the SolarWinds hack keeps growing. The New York Times has conducted interviews indicating that the allegedly Russia-backed campaign was much further-reaching than initially believed. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/russia-solarwinds-hack-broader-than-expected-211046098.html

Microsoft confirms it found compromised SolarWinds code in its systems Various organizations are grappling with the impact of a massive hacking campaign that compromised networks using SolarWinds’ Orion network management tools, and now Microsoft says it found “malicious binaries” on its systems. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-solarwinds-075020280.html