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Special Report: Day Eight of the SolarWinds Crisis

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Special Report: Day Eight of the SolarWinds Crisis

Trump contradicts Pompeo on Russian attribution, Biden aide expects Russia will be punished, Mandia narrows attacks most severe impacts to 50 organizations, Second group also targeted SolarWinds, more

Cynthia Brumfield
Dec 21, 2020
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Special Report: Day Eight of the SolarWinds Crisis

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The massive supply chain hack of top software vendor SolarWinds grabbed the spotlight on the Sunday news shows. Cybersecurity researchers continued to provide more useful details on the unprecedented espionage campaign the hack facilitated.

First, on Saturday, shortly after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo became the first Trump administration official to call out Russia as the source of the campaign, Donald Trump contradicted his always-unwavering supporter in a tweet saying the media exaggerated the damage, blaming other possible foes including China and falsely conflating a voting machine conspiracy theory with the SolarWinds hack.

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