Posted on 12/13/2020 1:28:37 PM PST by bitt
Hackers backed by a foreign government have been monitoring internal email traffic at the U.S. Treasury Department and an agency that decides internet and telecommunications policy, according to people familiar with the matter.
“The United States government is aware of these reports and we are taking all necessary steps to identify and remedy any possible issues related to this situation," said NSC spokesman John Ullyot.
There is concern within the U.S. intelligence community that the hackers who targeted the Treasury Department and the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration used a similar tool to break into other government agencies, according to three people briefed on the matter. The people did not say which other agencies.
The hack is so serious it led to a National Security Council meeting at the White House on Saturday, said one of the people familiar with the matter.
The hack involves the NTIA’s office software, Microsoft’s Office 365. Staff emails at the agency were monitored by the hackers for months, sources said.
A Microsoft spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The hackers are “highly sophisticated” and have been able to trick the Microsoft platform’s authentication controls, according to a person familiar with the incident, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not allowed to speak to the press.
“This is a nation state,” said a different person briefed on the matter. “We just don’t know which one yet.”
The full scope of the hack is unclear. The investigation is still its early stages and involves a range of federal agencies, including the FBI, according to the three people familiar with the matter.
The FBI, Homeland Security Department’s cybersecurity division, known as CISA, and U.S. National Security Agency did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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I guess Hunter Biden left another laptop somewhere loose in China.
The investigation is still its early stages and involves a range of federal agencies, including the FBI...
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Going to be tricky finding the CCP hackers when the CCP has infected all the government agencies with spies.
And they’ll do just as good a job as they did preventing vote shifting from Trump to Dogface and Pony Solider
Move Along .... FORWARD .... yep, Mama always said
obama/soros/CCP shadow govt hack.
Fascinating, as the Treasury Department is one of the critical groups who will play a role if the said EO from 2018 is enacted:
Contact ChiCom Barr.
Then, he can reassure us there are no criminal nor illegal
voting problems there/here/everywhere.
So they are the ones who bought all the 2020 anniversary gold eagles.
WaPo says it’s Russia. I’m serious.
“This is a nation state”. I guess they mean China or one of their toadies.
I am sure they are just using the back door feature they paid Gates for ...
China.
yes...my thoughts exactly
wonder if this is a CCP + CIA affair..
Hmmm... still using Microsoft Office. Some folks never learn.
Stuff like that don’t happen. Just like Dominion, its foolproof right!
I’ll bet you it’s Luxembourg.
Those Burgers can be kind of over cooked.
What does our government really do for us anymore?
Protect the Constitution? Nope
Protect from enemies foreign and domestic? Nope
Protect us from invasion? Nope
I really don’t see the point in paying them to work against us and betray us.
Time to lay down the insurrection act and trumps executive orders, we are under attack
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