The SolarWinds cyberattack: The hack, the victims, and what we know
(From BleepingComputer.com)
While Russia continues to deny these attacks, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stated in an interview released Friday night that it is “pretty clear” that Russia was behind that attack.
“This was a very significant effort, and I think it’s the case that now we can say pretty clearly that it was the Russians that engaged in this activity,” Pompeo told radio host Mark Levin…
The currently known list of organizations that were hit by the SolarWinds supply chain attack include:
FireEye
U.S. Department of the Treasury
U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
U.S. Department of State
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) (Part of the U.S. Department of Health)
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
Some US states (Specific states are undisclosed)
Microsoft
Cisco
This article was originally posted here: https://www.ac2news.com/2020/12/the-solarwinds-cyberattack-the-hack-the-victims-and-what-we-know/.
