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The hackers embedded code that allows access to databases of the many clients SolarWinds sells to, including USG & 425 of the Fortune 500.
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Sunday, Arapaho was kind enough to tag me in on the breaking development.
I’ll share her great thread, then dive into some breaking news, then wrap with a bit of info from investor analysts.
More on this. h/t @yotesrhungry cc: @clearing_fog @j2dumfounded @ThomasS4217
— Arapaho415 (@arapaho415) December 14, 2020
1/ "Treasury, Commerce, FireEye--were breached through an IT Management System called \U0001f449Solar Winds\U0001f448" (more...)https://t.co/mepsAc0mqi
Long story short, this is a 🚨 DISASTER OF EPIC PROPORTIONS 🚨.
General McCaffrey is not a word mincer.
He’s directly calling out Trump here. 🆘
Russian hack of US government agencies and commercial ventures is a major disaster for US national security. . Not discovered for a month or longer. An intelligence collection mission not disruption... yet. TRUMP HAS MADE NO RESPONSE. https://t.co/XuNCJHZ6Ex
— Barry R McCaffrey (@mccaffreyr3) December 16, 2020
Over at AP News, Frank Bajak is not mincing words, either.
\u2018What\u2019s seems clear is that this campaign \u2014 which cybersecurity experts says exhibits the tactics and techniques of Russia\u2019s SVR foreign intelligence agency \u2014 will rank among the most prolific in the annals of cyberespionage.\u2019 https://t.co/KJGWwlhjrp
— \U0001f1fa\U0001f1f8 \u0282\u0199\u10e7\u10e7\u025b \u0291\u0131\u026c\u0131\u014b\u0267\u0105 \U0001f1f5\U0001f1f9 (@youmustchange) December 16, 2020
Went to check in on my fave datasec guy and it turns out Chris Vickery is on Zev’s show tonight. It’s an hour long so I’ll post it now and screen it later if I can stay awake that long. 🥱
Watch! Fascinating show about how exposed we are as a country and in our homes to cyber intrusion. Hack of the Century. @ideagov Alan Silberberg and Chris @VickerySec @narativ_live https://t.co/bXzikWn5pv
— Zev Shalev (@ZevShalev) December 16, 2020