A new report from the NSA has revealed that officials believe the recent SolarWinds hack was carried out by a nation-state, and not by criminal hackers. This is the first time that the NSA has publicly acknowledged that a nation-state was behind the attack. The agency also believes that the attackers used a zero-day vulnerability in SolarWinds’ Orion software to gain access to customer networks. officials solarwinds nsa nsazetter zeroday
In December 2020, it was discovered that SolarWinds, a software company, had been hacked and that the hackers had inserted malicious code into their updates which allowed the hackers to gain access to the networks of SolarWinds’ clients, including many government agencies. The hackers are believed to be from Russia and it is thought that they were able to gain access to classified information. officials solarwinds nsa nsazetter zeroday
In December 2020, SolarWinds, a Texas-based software company, was the victim of a sophisticated cyberattack that allowed hackers to insert malicious code into its software updates. The attackers then used this access to gain entry into the networks of SolarWinds’ clients, which included major corporations and government agencies. Among the victims was the National Security Agency (NSA), whose systems were compromised by the attackers.
