FILE PHOTO: A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration/File Photo
SolarWinds said in a regulatory disclosure it believed the attack was the work of an “outside nation state” that inserted malicious code into updates of its Orion network management software issued between March and June this year. It said it was not aware of vulnerabilities in any of its other products and it was now investigating with help from U.S. law enforcement and outside cybersecurity experts.
“After that, it’s just a question of whether the attackers decide to exploit that access further,” said one of the sources.
Why would you phrase the headline like this? As if 18,000 companies isn't a huge number?
...and we should take solace with that result? Oh, it's just 18,000... whew!! But having said that, I thank them for their cyber expertise