SolarWinds Hack Reached 27 U.S. Attorneys’ Offices, Justice Says

July 31, 2021, 4:05 PM UTC

Hackers behind the SolarWinds cyberattack gained access to employee email accounts in 27 U.S. Attorneys’ offices, the Justice Department said Friday.

The attack compromised Microsoft 365 accounts of at least 80% of the department’s employees working in offices located in the Eastern, Northern, Southern and Western Districts of New York. Also affected to a lesser degree were employees in U.S. Attorneys’ offices in 14 other states, including California, Florida, Maryland, Texas and Virginia, as well as the District of Columbia.

In its response to the attack, the Justice Department is assuming that the hackers would have been able to access ...

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