Ex-SolarWinds adviser warned company of security issues in 2017: 'Incredibly easy target to hack'

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'There was minimal security leadership at the top,' said the cybersecurity expert, who left SolarWinds after giving his warning.

A former security adviser at SolarWinds warned the tech company back in 2017 that it was not taking adequate steps to address cybersecurity.as far back as March by alleged Russian hackers, compromising top federal government agencies and hundreds of other clients.

"My belief is that from a security perspective, SolarWinds was an incredibly easy target to hack," Thornton-Trump toldA former SolarWinds adviser warned the company of security issues in 2017. Today the U.S. government continues to investigate after alleged Russian hackers compromises top federal agencies through malware installed in an update of SolarWinds Orion software. In this photo illustration, a hacker uses a computer on December 27, 2019.

 

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