SolarWinds Hackers Accessed Emails of US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Officials

SolarWinds Hackers Accessed Emails of US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Officials

Recently, the Homeland security officials (DHS) of the US department came to the list of the victim of the SolarWinds attack. However, the  DHS is the administrative department of the United States federal government.


This department is accountable for public safety, similar to the central ministries of other countries. After a proper investigation, the cybersecurity analysts knew that the cybercriminals had gained access to the email accounts of the key members of DHS, including secretary Chad Wolf.

According to the reports, the DHS is one of the latest victims of the SolarWinds Worldwide LLC hacking attack. The agency has again reported that they have been suspecting the Russian hacking group for this attack. 


The agency also asserted that the hackers had accessed the email accounts of all senior DHS officials, that also includes Chad Wolf, the secretary of Homeland Security.


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The security researchers, after knowing about the attack, concluded that this complex action professes a severe risk to critical infrastructures.


And this attack also indicates that its destruction will be complex, and as time passes, there will be more victims of this attack. Moreover, in this attack, va ..

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