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In wake of one of the largest breaches in U.S. history, SolarWinds is addressing how its privileged access is separated between its IT infrastructure and DevOps.
The hack of SolarWinds was a blend of compromised email and software interference done without a trace. Federal agencies say the attackers were likely Russian; Alex Stamos, former Facebook and Yahoo security chief, and current professor at Stanford University says it was executed by the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation (SVR), during a webcast Thursday.
The attack hit hundreds of organizations, including the U.S. Department fo Energy and multiple other U.S. government agencies. The compromised software is used by 18,000 of the world s largest infrastructure sites, and according to security company Dragos, hackers accessed the systems of multiple equipment manufacturers, including some with direct access to turbine control software.