Here s a simple explanation of how the massive SolarWinds hack happened and why it s such a big deal msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Reuters/Brendan McDermid
Major firms like Microsoft and top government agencies were attacked, and sensitive data was exposed.
Here s a simple explanation of what happened and why it s important.
SolarWinds, a major US information technology firm, was the subject of a cyberattack that spread to its clients and went undetected for months, Reuters first reported in December. Foreign hackers, who some top US officials believe are from Russia, were able to use the hack to spy on private companies like the elite cybersecurity firm FireEye and the upper echelons of the US Government, including the Department of Homeland Security and Treasury Department.
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Here s a simple explanation of how the massive SolarWinds hack happened and why it s such a big deal
Here s a simple explanation of how the massive SolarWinds hack happened and why it s such a big deal
Isabella JibilianFeb 25, 2021, 22:25 IST
SolarWinds Corp. banner hangs at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on the IPO day of the company in New York.Reuters/Brendan McDermid
SolarWinds was the subject of a massive
cybersecurity attack that spread to the company s clients.
Major firms like Microsoft and top government agencies were attacked, and sensitive data was exposed.
Here s a simple explanation of what happened and why it s important.
That s my light on the Chicken Little, heavy on the realpolitik hot take on the SolarWinds Orion supply chain attack. What if CIA and NSA have already been doing to Russia what SVR did to the United States - just without getting caught doing it?
It s important to remember that the apparent focus of the hack of Austin, Texas-based SolarWinds software development pipeline, which resulted in the company s Orion network monitoring software being backdoored, was espionage. In particular, investigators have suggested that Russia s SVR foreign intelligence service may have been behind the hacking campaign.
While the Trojanized Orion software was pushed to nearly 18,000 customers, FireEye investigators suspect attackers only pushed additional malware onto devices - escalating the attack and paving the way for data exfiltration - at approximately 50 organizations networks. From an intelligence standpoint, each of those victims was likely a big fish.