A U.S. official recently told the media that the Biden administration will establish a task force to counter the massive Communist Party-related cyberattack on Microsoft Corp.
Citing a U.S. government official, CNN reported on March 6 that an estimated 30,000 U.S. users, including a large number of government departments at all levels, were affected in the recent cyberattack, and 250,000 worldwide, with those numbers expected to rise.
The White House declined to comment on the number of victims. But a White House official said, “We are taking a comprehensive set of government responses to assess and address the impact. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an emergency directive to agencies, and we are now working with our partners to closely monitor the next steps we need to take. This is an active threat that is still developing and we urge network operators to take it very seriously.”
The task force, or Unified Coordination Group (UCG), is a multi-agency effort sponsored by the White House National Security Council (NSC) and includes the FBI, CISA, and other agencies, the administration official told CNN. and other agencies.
Last Tuesday, Microsoft reported in a blog post that its email servers had been compromised by a Chinese Communist network, and that an illegal attack on Microsoft Exchange servers had allowed access to email accounts while installing malware on unsuspecting users.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki declared the situation at Microsoft an “active threat” on Friday.
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