Cybersecurity company FireEye first disclosed they were the target of a cyber attack exploiting a vulnerability in the SolarWinds Orion IT platform.
The hack compromised data and supply chain management of government and private enterprises, including most Fortune 500 companies, the top 10 telecommunication companies, and the Office of the President of the United States
- Highly Evasive Attacker Leverages SolarWinds Supply Chain to Compromise Multiple Global Victims With SUNBURST Backdoorwww.mandiant.com/resources/blog/evasive-attacker-leverages-solarwinds-supply-chain-compromises-with-sunburst-backdoor
- SUNBURST & UNC2452: SolarWinds Breach Resource Centerwww.mandiant.com/solarwinds-break-resource-center
- SolarWinds hack explained: Everything you need to knowwww.techtarget.com/whatis/feature/SolarWinds-hack-explained-Everything-you-need-to-know
- Suspected Russian hackers spied on U.S. Treasury emails - sourceswww.reuters.com/world/us/suspected-russian-hackers-spied-us-treasury-emails-sources-2020-12-13
- The FireEye SolarWinds Orion Platform Attackmedium.com/@qwinnazagrace/the-fireeye-solarwinds-orion-platform-attack-1acc126a29a7
