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Ex-Sen. Saxby Chambliss lobbying for SolarWinds

Posted by Keturah Hetrick on April 21, 2021

The SolarWinds cyber-attack has made a first-time lobbyist out of retired Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.).

Chambliss is part of a DLA Piper team helping the IT management company to "provide information to policymakers and cooperate with hearing and oversight regarding the cyberattack on SolarWinds," per his disclosure filed yesterday. The Russian hack compromised a host of federal government agencies, as well as FireEye and Microsoft. Microsoft president Brad Smith has described the cyber-attack as the world's "largest and most sophisticated" to date.

DLA Piper signed SolarWinds shortly after the December attack but did not originally include Chambliss. His name on the contract replaced ex-Rep. Charles Dent (R-Pa.), who departed DLA Piper in January.

Chambliss has also registered as a DLA Piper lobbyist for the Atlantic Coast Conference, a National Collegiate Athletic Association conference, and is lobbying on sports issues.