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The exterior of the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice building is pictured on May 4, 2021, in Washington. U.S. regulators on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023, sued SolarWinds, a Texas-based technology company whose software was breached in a massive 2020 Russian cyberespionage campaign, for fraud for failing to disclose security deficiencies ahead of the stunning hack. Detected in December 2020, the SolarWinds hack penetrated U.S. government agencies, including the Justice and Homeland Security departments, and more than 100 private companies and think tanks. It was a rude wake-up call on the perils of neglecting cybersecurity. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

U.S. regulators sue SolarWinds and security chief for alleged cyber neglect ahead of Russian hack

By Frank Bajak - Associated Press

In this April 1, 2014, file photo, the headquarters for the U.S. Agency for International Development is seen in Washington. The state-backed Russian cyber spies behind the SolarWinds hacking campaign launched a targeted spear-phishing assault on U.S. and foreign government agencies and think tanks using an email marketing account of the U.S. Agency for International Development, Microsoft said, late Thursday, May 27, 2021. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Biden administration says partnering with private sector will better prepare for next cyberattack

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

The Kremlin in Moscow is seen here on Sept. 29, 2017. The federal government's primary cyber security agency is urging computer network administrators for American critical infrastructure networks to immediately bolster security against electronic attacks following suspected Russian cyberstrikes against Ukraine. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev) **FILE**

Report says Russian hackers haven’t eased spying efforts

By Eric Tucker and Frank Bajak - Associated Press

In this file photo, SolarWinds CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021 in Washington. Another senior executive at SolarWinds, chief information officer Tim Brown, told a cybersecurity publication he knows of large companies that have quietly gone toe-to-toe with nation-directed hackers like the ones who hit his company. (Drew Angerer/Photo via AP) **FILE**

SolarWinds executive says large companies privately tell him they faced nation-backed hackers

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

This May 4, 2021, file photo shows a sign outside the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice building in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) **FILE**

Russians hacked federal prosecutors, Justice Department says

By Alan Suderman and Eric Tucker - Associated Press

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., the Senate Intelligence Committee chairman, answers a reporter as senators rush to the chamber for votes ahead of the approaching Memorial Day recess, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 26, 2021. Lawmakers still face standoffs on an infrastructure bill, police reform, voting rights, and a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

‘Starting to wake up’: Senators seek ways to punish countries harboring hackers

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

(Associated Press/File)

New breach from hackers behind SolarWinds ‘mostly unsuccessful,’ Microsoft says

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 23, 2021, file photo, SolarWinds president and CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Ramakrishna says the hackers who carried out the intrusion of his software company were in its network as early as January 2019. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via AP, Pool, File) **FILE**

Cyberattackers behind SolarWinds hack striking at U.S. again: Microsoft

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Sergei Naryshkin, head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service speaks during the Conference on International Security in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, April 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Sergei Naryshkin, Russian spymaster, ‘flattered’ by accusations he orchestrated SolarWinds hack

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

(Associated Press/File)

White House ‘standing down’ the government’s ‘surge efforts’ responding to recent cyber hacks

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2021, file photo Brad Smith, president of Microsoft Corporation, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington during a hearing on emerging technologies and their impact on national security. Federal lawmakers are insisting Microsoft swiftly upgrade security to what they say it should have provided in the first place _ and without fleecing taxpayers. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

SolarWinds hacking campaign puts Microsoft in hot seat

By FRANK BAJAK - Associated Press

In this Thursday, April 1, 2021 photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Russian Human Rights ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova during their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. Hit by a barrage of new sanctions from the Biden administration, the Kremlin is carefully weighing its response in a tense showdown with the United States. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

Kremlin says U.S. has an ‘obsession’ with sanctions

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

This Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009, photo shows the United States Chamber of Commerce building in Washington. The Chamber of Commerce is preparing for a court battle with the Biden administration's antitrust enforcers. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Russians responsible for SolarWinds hack are targeting COVID-19 research, cyber officials say

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a session of the Russian Geographical Society via video link in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Joe Biden expels diplomats, hits Russia with sanctions over cyberattacks, election interference

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

This Feb 23, 2019, file photo shows the inside of a computer in Jersey City, N.J. Ransomware attacks targeting state and local governments have been on the rise, with cyber criminals seeking quick money by seizing data and holding it hostage until they get paid. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Joe Biden nominates federal cybersecurity officials

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Sen. Gary Peters., D-Mich., speaks during a hearing to examine United States Special Operations Command and United States Cyber Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2022 and the Future Years Defense Program, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, March 25, 2021, in Washington. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times via AP, Pool) ** FILE **

Senators want federal government to take accountability for SolarWinds hack

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2021, file photo, SolarWinds CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. The U.S. government is working to draw attention to supply chain vulnerabilities. It's an issue that received particular attention late last year after suspected Russian hackers gained access to federal agencies and private corporations by sneaking malicious code into widely used software. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)

After hack, officials draw attention to supply chain threats

By ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, speaks during a confirmation hearing for Treasury Secretary-nominee Janet Yellen before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in Washington. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times via AP, Pool) ** FILE **

Rob Portman presses cybersecurity officials on SolarWinds hack

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

This Feb 23, 2019, file photo shows the inside of a computer in Jersey City, N.J. Ransomware attacks targeting state and local governments have been on the rise, with cyber criminals seeking quick money by seizing data and holding it hostage until they get paid. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Bipartisan lawmakers push Biden’s Cabinet for answers on fallout from SolarWinds hack

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2021 file photo, SolarWinds CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. The victim count in the mega-hack of a file-transfer program popular with big companies continues to grow. Much like the SolarWinds hacking campaign, the hack of dozens of Accellion customers on at least four continents suggests both government and the private sector have been falling far short in a digital age core mission: Protecting sensitive data.(Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)

Casting a wide intrusion net: Dozens burned with single hack

By FRANK BAJAK - Associated Press