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US Justice Department Confirms It Was Victim of SolarWinds Hack

Masood Farivar

   The U.S. Department of Justice confirmed on Wednesday that it had been
   the victim of a massive hacking operation linked to Russian
   intelligence.

   In a statement, Justice Department spokesman Marc Raimondi said about
   3% of the agency's email accounts appeared to have been compromised,
   although no classified information was accessed.

   "After learning of the malicious activity, the Office of Chief
   Information Officer eliminated the identified method by which the actor
   was accessing the ... email environment," Raimondi said.

   Raimondi said the department learned about the previously unknown hack
   on its networks on Christmas Eve and determined that it constituted a
   "major" security incident.

   The disclosure came a day after U.S. intelligence agencies said that
   the hack was part of an ongoing intelligence operation and likely being
   carried out by Russia.

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