Amazon said it declined to attend a SolarWinds hearing since it wasn't impacted by the hack.Senators voiced concern over Amazon's absence, and one said the firm has an"obligation" to be there.Amazon has confirmed that it was not affected by the sweeping SolarWinds hack because it does not use the IT company's software.
In a letter to Sens. Mark Warner and Marco Rubio that was viewed by Insider, Amazon Web Services' vice president of public policy Shannon Kellogg said the company's cloud arm doesn't use SolarWinds' Orion software, so its services"were not compromised in any way, which is why we did not provide formal testimony on the panel yesterday.
over the massive cyberattack of last year. Multiple senators, including Sens. Warner and Rubio, said during the hearing that the committee invited Amazon to attend, but the company had declined. Lawmakers speculated that attackers used Amazon's cloud service in its security breach and wanted to investigate the role that its platform played in the hack.Many voiced concern over the company's absence, including Republican Sen.
Amazon stated in its letter that it looks"forward to continuing our ongoing engagement" with the Senate committee on cybersecurity issues but did not specify if it would agree to testify. The company also said it immediately investigated and found that Amazon was not affected when it learned of the SolarWinds security breach. It then shared its findings with the FBI as well as"provided detailed briefings to government officials, including Members of Congress and, specifically, to your committee," according to the letter.The SolarWinds hack has been called the country's most sweeping and sophisticated cyberattack in recent memory.
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