White House blames Russian spy agency SVR for SolarWinds hack

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White House blames Russian spy agency SVR for SolarWinds hack
The White House said in a statement on Thursday that Russia's foreign intelligence service, known as the SVR, was responsible for the SolarWinds hack, which led to the compromise of nine federal agencies and hundreds of private sector companies. Senior US government officials had already ...

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