{"id":40932,"date":"2021-05-18T17:42:17","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T17:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/us-pwn-solarwinds-with-our-reputation-russian-spy-chief-makes-laughable-denial-of-supply-chain-attack\/"},"modified":"2021-05-18T17:42:17","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T17:42:17","slug":"us-pwn-solarwinds-with-our-reputation-russian-spy-chief-makes-laughable-denial-of-supply-chain-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/us-pwn-solarwinds-with-our-reputation-russian-spy-chief-makes-laughable-denial-of-supply-chain-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Us? Pwn SolarWinds? With our reputation? Russian spy chief makes laughable denial of supply chain attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Russian spymaster has denied that his agency carried out the infamous SolarWinds supply chain attack in a public relations move worthy of the Internet Research Agency<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sergei Naryshkin, head of the SVR spy agency, made his denial in a BBC interview<\/a> broadcast on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

“I’d be flattered to hear such an assessment of the work of the Foreign Intelligence service which I run. Such a high evaluation,” said the spymaster in remarks translated by the BBC. The SolarWinds supply chain attack saw US and UK government institutions<\/a> probed by Russian spies<\/a>, as well as FireEye \u2013 itself a major US cybersecurity contractor.<\/p>\n