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Pentagon not impacted by Microsoft Sharepoint hack, tech chief says


Department of Defense CIO Katie Arrington speaks with GovExec Editor-in-Chief Frank Konkel at the July 24 ATO and Cloud Security Summit. Casey Stankus/Staff

The Department of Defense has not been ensnared by a broad intrusion into on-premises versions of Microsoft Sharepoint, its chief information officer said Thursday.

“As of right now, no, not that I’m aware of,” Katie Arrington said at the ATO and Cloud Security Summit Thursday in a stage interview. Arrington said she’s been doing daily calls with Microsoft while the department has been conducting forensics investigations since the “zero-day” vulnerability was publicly identified this past weekend.

Thus far, several federal agencies have been impacted, including the departments of Energy, Homeland Security and Education. And up to a dozen federal entities have been notified of possible compromise by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, according to a source familiar. DHS issued a statement that its ...


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