He was being briefed "as needed," White House spokesman Brian Morgenstern told reporters.
No determinations have been made on how to respond or who was responsible, a senior US official said.SolarWinds, which disclosed its unwitting role at the centre of the global hack on Monday, has said that up to 18,000 users of its Orion software downloaded a compromised update containing malicious code planted by the attackers.
"This hack was so big in scope that even our cybersecurity experts don't have a real sense yet in terms of the breadth of the intrusion itself," Mr Lynch said.The breach could provide president-elect Joe Biden with an immediate headache when he takes office on January 20.
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