Alleged Russian hackers in the past year hacked the US State Department network and stole thousands of email emails of the department. This is reported by the POLITICO edition with reference to the sources in the US Congress.
According to their data, cybercriminals have access to the bureau correspondence, which are engaged in both European issues and East Asia, as well as the Pacific region.
At the moment, it was not installed, did you get access to secret information as a result of attacks. It is noted that it is not known whether this hacking part of the hacker attack through the SOLARWINDS software software.
On December 14 of last year, Reuters announced that Russian hackers allegedly attacked the US Department of Internal Security and gained access to internal communications in the department. At the same time, the attack was noticed only in almost a year – after about nine months. The attack was part of the campaign, in which the systems of the American Ministry of Finance and National Telecommunications and Information were also hacked. Moscow rejects accusations of hacker attacks on American departments and considers them non-profitable.