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FILE PHOTO: The SolarWinds logo is seen outside its headquarters in Austin, Texas, U.S., December 18, 2020. REUTERS\/Sergio Flores<\/figcaption>

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Cybersecurity executives are due to face their second round of Congressional questions on Friday over their companies\u2019 roles in the sprawling series of digital intrusions blamed on the Russian government.<\/p>\n

Texas software company SolarWinds Corp\u2019s Chief Executive Sudhakar Ramakrishna, Microsoft Corp President Brad Smith, and FireEye Inc Chief Executive Kevin Mandia were due to address a joint hearing of the House Committees on Oversight and Reform and Homeland Security.<\/p>\n

Their appearance comes three days after the trio testified before U.S. senators over the massive breach, which has ensnared nine American government agencies and more than 100 other organizations. SolarWinds\u2019 former chief executive – Kevin Thompson, who stepped down shortly before the breach was announced – was also due to testify.<\/p>\n

Hackers allegedly working for Moscow surreptitiously subverted SolarWinds\u2019 software to infiltrate their targets, spending months inside government networks before they were identified.<\/p>\n

Other techniques – including some still unknown – are believed to have been used as well. Lawmakers and executive branch experts alike are puzzling out how far the hackers got and who might be to blame.<\/p>\n

Some have alleged that lax security practices at SolarWinds led to the breach. Others have laid blame at Microsoft\u2019s door, saying that a failure to fix known problems with its cloud software authentication infrastructure helped speed the hackers\u2019 progress across networks. [L1N2KV071]<\/p>\n

Speaking to senators on Tuesday, Microsoft\u2019s Smith blamed poor configurations and other controls on the customer\u2019s part, including cases \u201cwhere the keys to the safe and the car were left out in the open.\u201d [L1N2KT1QK]<\/p>\n

CrowdStrike Holdings Inc Chief Executive George Kurtz – who addressed senators Tuesday but will not be returning Friday – said Microsoft\u2019s \u201cantiquated\u201d architecture was partially responsible.<\/p>\n

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