SolarWinds hack also affected a hospital, major tech companies
Ewdison Then - Dec 22, 2020, 12:06am CST
Back in the days, hacking attempts and data breaches often got away with personal user information. While the security and privacy implications of such incidents are grave, they don’t often have life-threatening consequences. These days, nothing is sacred, and even hospitals and healthcare facilities can become the targets of such activities. The most recent example is the scandalous SolarWinds exploit that has gone beyond just US government agencies and megacorporations, creating backdoors into at least one identified university and one hospital.
Of course, given the huge list of SolarWinds’ customers, that’s not exactly surprising. The IT management firm serves hundreds of fortune 500 companies as well as key US government offices. It isn’t a surprise, then, that Ken State University, as well as the California Department of State Hospitals, are inclu