Posted on 02/11/21
| News Source: i24
Anne Neuberger is the Biden administration’s point person on the suspected Russian breach of federal systems
The White House has announced that a top National Security Agency (NSA) official will lead the Biden administration team's response to the extensive Solar Winds hack, after escalating pressure from lawmakers for additional information regarding the breach.
Anne Neuberger, a senior official at the White House National Security Council, has been in the position since US President Biden took office, but administration officials didn’t make her appointment public until Wednesday, according to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
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Neuberger, an orthodox Jew, has reportedly been leading the response to the extensive breach of federal systems - almost certainly Russian in origin - since day one of the Biden administration, although officials did not explain why this was not disclosed sooner.
The cybersecurity expert is thought to be directing the federal agencies compromised in the hack "toward specific remediation solutions and identifying issues in how the government has responded," reported the WSJ.
The report said she will also launch an inquiry into the SolarWinds hack to identify approaches for preventing another information technology breach at agencies. Read more at i24