Russians are 'likely' perpetrators of US government hack, official report says

Multi-agency report is the Trump administration's first statement of attribution for the breaching of at least 10 federal agencies

Russia was likely" to have been behind a string of hacks of US federal agencies identified last month, according the office of the US director of national intelligence which said the hackers breached fewer than 10 federal agencies.

The office and the FBI, the National Security Agency, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency inside the Department of Homeland Security, in a joint statement, said the hackers' goal appeared to be collecting intelligence, rather than any destructive acts.