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9:30 AM 12/15/2020 - "The scale of the operation is still unknown but “is probably going to be one of the most consequential cyberattacks in US history … That’s the view from inside government ..." | News - December 2020 - Selected Articles and Searches

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9:30 AM 12/15/2020 "The scale of the operation is still unknown but “is probably going to be one of the most consequential cyberattacks in US history … That’s the view from inside government ..." Early Edition: December 15, 2020   by Siven Watt Tuesday December 15 th , 2020  at  9:21 AM Just Security 1 Share Signup to receive the Early Edition in your inbox  here . A curated guide to major national security news and developments over the past 24 hours. Here’s today’s news. RUSSIAN CYBERESPIONAGE OPERATION The scope of the Russian hack on US federal agencies has broadened  —   with the State Department, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and parts of the Pentagon now also reported as having been compromised,  following yesterday’s news that the Treasury and Commerce Departments had been the target of the largescale Russian espionage operation. Hackers were reported to have infiltrated federal systems via a widely used network-management software, SolarWinds, which reported