The truly devastating aspect of this attack was how successfully it integrated itself into all levels of the US infrastructure. Kevin Thompson, President and CEO of SolarWinds, posted a message regarding the attack that can be viewed here.
This, in essence, gives attackers “hands on keyboard” access to move laterally through your network, allowing them to steal credentials or data. A vulnerability was built into SolarWinds’ Orion Monitoring platform, that if activated, could lead to a compromise to the server running the Orion software.
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SolarWinds announced that they were the victims of a highly sophisticated, manual supply chain attack on December 13th. SolarWinds is an IT management and monitoring platform that allows IT teams to remotely access an organization’s technological environment. While the severity of the breaches are still being evaluated, the impact is already starting to reverberate throughout the cyber world. On December 13 th it was announced that IT Management Company, SolarWinds, was attacked leading to breaches on multiple US Federal Agencies and US Fortune 500 companies. Major attacks are becoming more common, so why is it so important to understand the impact of this attack compared to others? The SolarWinds attack is the most prolific cyber attack in history and will have far-reaching consequences on all levels of business.
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