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FBI PuBLiC AFFAIRS — DIRECTOR’S AM NEWS BRIEFING WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2021 5:00 AM EST = iS I 3 8 & ot 2. ee ie] use Sa ec wa 2 Ge f Se 7 ws 2 x %. La wo sy — 7S Sn ohn be) Ce =. pros] wr) oe er G} @ ee cS ~~ porn 3 C7 porn eo eae ce =) 2 3 23 . & oon eee a —_{ Po ia adecetectecettesessusessesgnt vs (4/5, story 4, 0:25, O'Donnel, 4.65) reported “the FBI and three other nationai security agencies” issued “a rare joint statement saying Russia was likely behind the cyber hacking of multiple government depariments.” $ gS we 5, story 7, 0:45, Hof, €.13M)} said the agencies’ “assessment is a rebuke of President Trump's suggestion that China might have been behind it” Likewise, Siccays (4/5, Sebenius, 3.5734} says the statement ‘is the latest contradiction of Trumy’s assessment of fhe hack,” and the New York Tints (1/5, Sanger, Barnes, 20.0M) that tt is “a clear rebuke of President Trump's efforts’ to cast biame on China. (2/5, Geller, 6.73M} says the staiement “had been approved two weeks ago but was delayed at fhe White House's insistence, a person famitias with the matter foid Politica.” The AS (14, Tucker} says Trump, “in a series of tweets lafe iast month, sought fo downpiay the severily of fhe hack and raised the uasubstantiated idea that China could be responsibie. Tuesday's statement makes clear that that is not the case, saying the intusi fons are iixely ‘Russian in origin” (1/5, Menn} says the statement from the Office of the Director of National intelligence, the FBI, the National Security Agency and the Cybersecurity and infrastructure Security Agency said that the hacker, “ikely Russian in origin, is responsible for mast or all of the recently discovered, ongoing cyber o compromises, of both goverament and non- governmental networks.” The st eniifies had their networks breached, though that ist includes s major agencies such as the Departments of Stata Treasury, Homeland Security, Energy and Commerce. U.S. officials have told The Washington Post that they think that as many as 300 government and private-sector entities at most have beer: compromised, though investigators are working fo asceriain the scope of the hacks and % notify nongovernment entities affected.” (4/5, Johnson, 12.7M) says the statement is “he most definitive accounting yet after separate statements last month by Secretary of State Vike Pomneo and then-Aitorney General Wilkam Sarr who both pointed to the Kremiin.” CNN (1/5, Cohen, 89.21M} reports, “While top US officials, inckuding Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, have previously suggested that the hacking campaign was caried out by a Russian-backed group, Tuesday's joint statement offers the most definifive and concrete assessment about the alfack’s origins from agencies investigating the incident. in short, the statement issued by the Cyber Unified Coordination Group (UCG) clearly acknowlecges what US officials and experts have suspected since the data breach was first disclosed last month: the Advanced Persistent Threat (APT} actor responsible is ‘likely Russi ian in origin.” . W Ne : (1/5, Gertz, 626K} reports, “The Russian government has denied any invclvement in the attack, which has raised serious questions about the security of public and private computer networks in both the U.S. and abroad. The cyberatiack affected about 18,000 government and private networks, including computers at key federal agencies such as the Energy, f rreasuly and Cornmerce “CB, Mel a Beer, 10 33M the 185, Barr, 2. 4AM) Whittaker, 502K), the _ Shinkman, 1.97M} Betz, 23.90M}, NSC U5. Baksh}, Sebenius, 3, 7M the 8.41M}, SRO News { (15, 378K), (4 (5, , Dunleavy 888K; the | ¥ om # (143, Volz, Subscription Publication, (6, 5, Rumer, 26M} and The j y Gatier (1/5, Datoc, 3754} provide similar coverage. Si (1/5, 10,526} says orote ng government from the next cyber atlack and developing a° “strategy for speedy recovery from infitration” must be “an urgent priority for the Biden administration.” Top Admiral Says SolarWinds Hack Did Not Harm US-Based Nukes. The ash - 38 (4/5, Glenn, $26K} reports, “America’s nuclear arsenal wasn't compromised by a recent cyber attack that targeted thousands of sensitive computer networks used by government agencies anc private companies, the Navy admiral in charge of the U.S. Strategic Command said.” According to the Times, “The hack exploited a flaw in network monitoring soflware produced by Texas-based SolarWinds fhat allowed an Advanced Persistent Threat {APT} actor — most jikely Russia - fo covertly install back door access points in computer networks, officials said. We believe this was, and continues to be, an intelligence gathering effort,’ according te a joint statement from the FBI, the National Security Agency, the Director of National Intelligence and other feceral officials.” RRR FBI(2 tev558)-2