Liu Jie / Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images fileIt may seem odd that an obscure Austin, Texas-based company is believed to be at the center of a widespread Russian hacking campaign against the U.S. government and private companies. But experts say it makes a perfect target.
That's the situation that SolarWinds finds itself in. The network management company was the target of hackers working for a"nation-state," CEO Kevin Thompson said in a statement Monday. The breach is serious enough to have triggered anfrom the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, instructing all government agencies to halt the use of a compromised version of SolarWinds software that was delivered by an automatic software update.
Its primary service is to provide software that manages devices on large computer networks used around the world. The companyit has more than 300,000 customers around the world, including a number of U.S. agencies and most Fortune 500 companies, although it removed the claim from its website Monday.
That deep access to secretive networks that tend to have strong cybersecurity means hackers are going to go after companies like SolarWinds, said Dmitri Alperovitch, a co-founder of the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike and chair of the Silverado Policy Accelerator."It's the ultimate supply chain hack," Alperovitch said in a phone interview.
"There are lots of companies like this that provide information technology management capabilities, cybersecurity capabilities, that many people would not be aware of but have incredible access to network infrastructure," he said.
The harder they come, the harder they fall, one and all !
Of Course!!!
NBC news will be honest by the end of the year. Another 'preposterous' prediction about the FAKE NEWS fools at NBC.
TRUMPISM
'Russia'. We'll find out.
Not surprising for Texas to have some help with the destruction of democracy. After all it was the state that filed the lawsuit along with the other 126 republican traitors to over throw the US government.
I would hardly call this obscure...
Hmm....not reporting about the HUGE Solarwind hack and the owner taken in to custody? Interesting...
Shocking. A very liberal city.
Texass too busy trying to start a coup to notice what was going on in their own house. Maybe we should build that wall, on the northern border of Texass.
Is it owned by the Biden crime family? 🗽🇺🇸
Either Texas, Florida or Arizona this week...
Of course it had to be Texas. ..
Austin: A once great town until it was swallowed by libtards.
Trump knew what was going on. His husband, Vladimir told him.
Yeah, it would be Texas.
Hacking campaign under Trump’s watch.
Tessler
Texas...where the lawsuit came from...
The silicon valley of Texas. This makes sense. Lots of Texans embrace technology. Russian hacking not so much, but you know them Reds😂 I hope this doesn't start another Red Scare in America where everyone is suspect...of being Republican.
SolarWinds software
Now do the 50000 Chinese spies in America start with fang fang, Swalwells booty call
NBC still acting like 'Russia' is the threat when we all know it's China, who owns every molecule and cell of 'President Elect Coughy Cough Dementia Biden'
What is there name?
Who?
Imagine that
Boy was NBC and there vaccine reports wrong or what?
We don’t believe a word u say. See how that works?
Trump was the worst president ever, which is why he lost by 7 million votes.
Fake news
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Texas again
And texans call democrats communist.
It’s ok, for the Intel Community & for the DOJ, US Attorney, FBI, DHS, NCSC&CISA, +++ many others more, they’ll dig and dig, & dig some more! Let’s see! & somewhere in between there are WAPO, NYT, +++ many others, Hi! Ho! - Hi! Ho! — Hi! Ho!, Hi! Ho!, Hi! Ho! & off to work we go!
I wonder how involved Ted Cruz was in this? Among other GOP in Texas! We have to get Texas to turn blue 🌊🌊🌊 to get all of these crooks out of here! 💖🇺🇸😷🌊 Defeat 🙊🙈🙉🐒🐒🐒🐒 with future election. Vote against all GOP in Texas😡
Trump is Putin's asset and stooge. Trump has seriously weakened the US in all facets, intelligence, diplomacy, economy, health, military. Trump is Putin's perfect weapon against the US
China. You are now in the clear. We want your women..not your men so much..should work out great. Russia you naughty naughty old teammate. Now I know the Space race is fixed..but what more can we do for you. Plus we want your women and not so much your men as well. Blame me. Doug
You might want to double check the list of clients this “obscure” company has.
You mean China. The media covers for China
why are they obscure then
I hope they fucking nail them.
OMG - Russia hacked on Trump’s watch.....
Msnbc never lies
Lmaooo the tired to delete all the evidence 🤡🤡
In Texas you say? Isn't that the state that led last week's failed coup attemp? 🤔
He's a Kkkonservative operative. From the court ruling 👇🏽
Because fk Texas, that's why. Mexicans can have it.
it’s time to ger those suckers and teach them a lesson
Russians suck