Hacked, Again

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The New York Times

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4.4 • 102.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Undetected for months, sophisticated hackers working on behalf of a foreign government were able to breach computer networks across a number of U.S. government agencies. It’s believed to be the handiwork of Russian intelligence. And this is far from the first time. Today, why and how such hacks keep happening and the delicate calculation that dictates how and if America retaliates. Guest: David E. Sanger, a national security correspondent for The New York Times. For an exclusive look at how the biggest stories on our show come together, subscribe to our newsletter. You can read the latest edition here. Background reading: In one of the most sophisticated and perhaps largest hacks in more than five years, email systems were breached at the Treasury and Commerce Departments. Other breaches are under investigation.The sophistication and scope of the attack has stunned experts. About 18,000 private and government users downloaded a Russian tainted software update — a Trojan horse of sorts — that gave its hackers a foothold into victims’ systems, according to SolarWinds, the company whose software was compromised. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily

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0:25.6	From New York Times, I'm Michael Bavaro.
0:32.6	This is the Daily.
0:35.6	Today, the operation went undetected for months, giving foreign agents access to the inner
0:49.0	workings of American government.
0:51.9	From my colleague, David Sanger, on who was behind the attack and why it keeps happening
0:59.3	to the US.
1:03.2	It's Wednesday, December 16th.
1:13.0	US officials believe Russia is behind a massive cyber attack targeting the US Treasury
1:18.2	and Commerce Department.
1:22.2	Hackers appear to have accessed sensitive information as far back as March.
1:34.0	US officials are scrambling to try to figure out what data was taken, what other departments
1:39.5	may have been breached.
1:40.5	The actors behind this campaign gained access to numerous public and private organizations
1:46.4	around the world.
1:47.6	From government officials telling Reuters, quote, this is a much bigger story than one single
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