Government released an NSA-CISA-FBI advisory that provides additional information about the SVR’s tradecraft, as well as a CISA Malware Analysis Report (developed in partnership with U.S. Joint Advisory and Malware Analysis Report Understanding those motivations may be helpful in directing investigative priorities as well as in responding to customer and auditor inquiries. They are not known for financially motivated intrusions or destructive attacks. While the specific objectives of the hackers remain unknown to the general public, the SVR is known for its quiet intelligence collection on high-value public and private-sector entities for traditional espionage purposes. Leaving aside the intrigue of spy craft, from a private-sector perspective, the attribution is relevant because it may shed light on the motivations of the responsible actors, particularly for entities that are investigating activity on their networks related to the SolarWinds campaign. Government had previously said only that the threat actor was “likely Russian in origin.” Intelligence Community has high confidence in the attribution, but did not provide any further details about the basis of its assessment or degree of confidence. Government formally attributed the SolarWinds incident to the Russian SVR and characterized the incident as a “broad-scope cyber espionage campaign.” The White House statement also noted that the U.S. We provide detailed analysis of the new sanctions against Russia (as well as the expulsion of ten Russian diplomats) in an accompanying client alert. Government that seeks to impose economic and strategic costs on Russia, and to generate a new norm in cyberspace.

Together, these actions represent a multi-pronged initial response by the U.S. issuing a pair of interagency reports that provide detailed technical information about the tools and methods Russian hackers used to exploit victim networks.attributing the SolarWinds compromise to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), and.imposing new sanctions against Russian entities,.Government will take steps to impose consequences and change the norms to make clear that widespread and costly intrusions on private companies are unacceptable. The measures underscore that companies are not in a position and should not be left to defend against nation state actors on their own, and that the U.S. Government announced a series of measures to respond to recent Russian actions against the United States, including the SolarWinds intrusion campaign. After much anticipation and hints, the U.S.

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