Russia hack claims: What is the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)?

Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com.The federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently reported widespread hacks involving government agencies and private businesses -- an apparent attack linked to Russia that may have gone unreported for up to nine months.The hack compromised federal agencies and "critical infrastructure" in a sophisticated attack that was hard to detect and will be difficult to undo, CISA announced in an unusual warning message Thursday. CISA was established when Trump signed the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act. CISA’s mission is to "build the national capacity to defend against cyber attacks" and to work "with the federal government to provide cybersecurity tools, incident response services and assessment capabilities to safeguard the .gov networks that support the essential operations of partner departments and agencies."CISA is an independent arm under DHS, on par with the Secret Service or Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).RUSSIA'S SUSPECTED HACKING OPERATION TARGETED 5 US AGENCIES, 18K AGENCIES Christopher Krebs was CISA’s first director. On Sunday, CISA announced the intrusion involving SolarWinds Orion products, which is now under FBI investigation, and directed all federal agencies to disconnect from the breached network-management software.ROMNEY SLAMS WHITE HOUSE'S 'INEXCUSABLE SILENCE' ON RUSSIAN CYBER ATTACKS SolarWinds' clientele roster traverses some 300,000 organizations -- including other highly sensitive federal agencies ranging from the Department of Justice and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), as well as thousands of private companies.