HEADLINES & GLOBAL NEWS By (Photo : Pete Linforth/Pixabay) Hackers strike again at SolarWinds after an earlier cyberattack several months back. This activity was verified by Microsoft, noting that over 36 countries were targeted. Hacked again Microsoft confirmed on Friday a new cyberattack on SolarWinds, bolstered by the new campaign launched by the hackers that target the U.S. interests, reported Epoch Times. Going by various names including Nobelium, the alleged Russian-based hacking group employed "password spray and brute-force attacks." It was able to shred firewalls with ease and bypassed protocols. The attacks reportedly affected 45 percent of entities within the United States, 10 percent in the UK, and smaller percentages in Germany and Canada. It is only the most recent activity against western networks in the past couple of months.