(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 3, 2020, Evegnii Nessirio of Seattle, a Russian citizen who was scheduled for his citizenship interview, stands outside following a two-week closure of a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) building and US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) field office because of an employee who may be infected with the novel coronavirus in Tukwila, Washington. The US Department of Homeland Security reportedly became the third federal department to be targeted by hackers, US media reported on Dec. 14, 2020 a day after Washington revealed a major cyberattack which may have been coordinated by a foreign government.
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The first damage assessment of a sprawling cyberattack linked to Russia has been chilling enough.