On The Solar Winds Hack, And On Buying Bob Dylan
Tuesday, 22 December 2020, 12:24 pm Earlier this month, the huge Solar Winds hack became public knowledge. Reportedly, the victims had been accessed over a period of months starting in March 2020 by a “sophisticated threat actor” that’s widely believed to be the same Russian state entity (code-named Cozy Bear) responsible for the hack of the Democratic Party National Committee in 2016. Solar Winds is the name of a Texas based company specialising in remote network management. Its list of clients includes the US Justice Department, Commerce Department, the US Treasury, the Pentagon, all ...