Remember the cyber attack at US information technology major SolarWinds? In early 2020, hackers broke into the company’s systems and added malicious code into the company’s software. The cyber attack spread to its clients and went undetected for months, with hackers being able to spy on organizations including elite cybersecurity firms and important US government departments.
In a lengthy lawsuit after the attack came to light, the company was held responsible for poor security practices which allowed hackers to break into the systems of their clients that used its software called “Orion”. Solarwinds had 33,000 customers that used Orion then, including up to 18,000 installed updates with hacked codes that left them vulnerable. ...read more!
