The SolarWinds Corp. logo is seen at the headquarters in Austin, Texas in April. Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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The Justice Department said 27 U.S. Attorney offices had at least one employee's email account compromised. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption
Hackers used the U.S. Agency for International Development's email marketing account to send messages that looked legitimate — but links in the email exposed recipients to malicious software, Microsoft says. Screen grab by Microsoft hide caption
Traffic on I-95 passes oil storage tanks owned by the Colonial Pipeline Co. in Linden, N.J. An cybersecurity attack has shut down Colonial Pipeline, a major transporter of gasoline along the East Coast. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption
An NPR investigation into the SolarWinds attack reveals a hack unlike any other, launched by a sophisticated adversary intent on exploiting the soft underbelly of our digital lives. Zoë van Dijk for NPR hide caption
A 'Worst Nightmare' Cyberattack: The Untold Story Of The SolarWinds Hack
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting Wednesday via video link. The sanctions against Moscow signal that "we are going to be clear to Russia that there will be consequences when warranted," the White House press secretary says. Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik/Kremlin/Pool via AP hide caption
U.S. Slaps New Sanctions On Russia Over Cyberattack, Election Meddling
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks on the phone last month. Putin and President Biden discussed several tense issues facing the two countries in a phone call Tuesday. Alexei Nikolsky/TASS via Getty Images hide caption
Microsoft for the first time on Thursday revealed that the hackers behind the SolarWinds attack had compromised its internal systems and accessed company source code. Ng Han Guan/AP hide caption
Group Behind Alleged Russia Hack Broke Into Microsoft's Internal Systems
The far-reaching SolarWinds hack has hit not only federal agencies such as the Department of the Treasury, but computer systems for local U.S. governments as well. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, seen here during a conference earlier this month in Atlanta, told the Mark Levin Show that Russia was "pretty clearly" behind a massive hack that breached multiple government agencies. Tami Chappell/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Microsoft President Brad Smith said the hack into IT management firm SolarWinds affected dozens of Microsoft's customers. Altaf Qadri/AP hide caption