The FBI conducted its operation to delete the remaining web shells used by HAFNIUM to maintain and continue persistent unauthorized access to U.S. computer networks.
In a statement, the DOJ’s National Security Division Assistant Attorney General John C. Demers, commented, “Combined with the private sector’s and other government agencies’ efforts to date, including the release of detection tools and patches, we are together showing the strength that public-private partnership brings to our country’s cybersecurity. There’s no doubt that more work remains to be done, but let there also be no doubt that the Department is committed to playing its integral and necessary role in such efforts.”
On the other hand, Acting Assistant Director of the FBI’s Cyber Division Tonya Ugoretz said the bureau is committed to “combatting cyber threats through our enduring federal and private sector partnerships.
Ugorets also warned that the FBI will use all available tools to “hold malicious cyber actors accountable for their actions” that threatens the national security and safety of Americans.
