Attacks mostly target Western government agencies and think tanks; their success rate rises to 32% compared to 21% in the previous year

Measures also target Moscow’s ability to borrow money; Russia denounces move, warns of retaliation

Reports say imminent move is response to alleged election interference and SolarWinds cyberattack; tensions rising amid Russia-Ukraine conflict

Anne Neuberger, the administration's top cybersecurity official, addresses SolarWinds cyber attack, says a 'persistent threat actor -- likely of Russian origin -- was responsible'

'Everyone is using this software, it must be safe' are famous last words; while sometimes there is safety in numbers, this is not the case when it comes to cybersecurity

'Russia Russia Russia is the priority chant when anything happens,' US president says, makes baseless suggestion voting machines may have also been hacked

Official says 'no evidence of compromise' has been found; confirms NATO uses SolarWinds, whose software was hacked in attack that also affected networks in Israel

Top US envoy says hack was 'very significant effort'; Microsoft says roughly 80% of affected customers are in US, with victims also in Israel, UAE, Britain, Canada, Mexico, Spain

Experts still trying to assess scope of months-long operation that slipped code into software update used on servers across the globe and in all 5 branches of US military