From tech giants, internet service providers and IT solution providers to federal agencies and county governments, here’s a deeper look at 24 of the publicly identified victims of the colossal SolarWinds hack.
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The recent SUNBURST compromise of numerous government and private sector company networks has led some, including Microsoft President Brad Smith, to dub the incident a “moment of reckoning.” It is a sign that the US government may need to rethink its approach to cybersecurity and implement sweeping reforms. The development only adds urgency to this year’s National Defense Authorization Act, which includes twenty-six legislative recommendations from the Cyberspace Solarium Commission’s final report to improve the Unit
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Dozens of U.S. Treasury Department email accounts were breached as part of the massive SolarWinds supply chain attack, according to a senior Democratic senator. The hack of the Treasury Department appears to be significant, says Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, in a statement. “According to Treasury staff, the agency suffered a serious breach, beginning in July, the full depth of which isn’t known.
He says an investigation into exactly what was accessed or stolen remains ongoing, but that dozens of email accounts were compromised.
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