After several US government agencies, Microsoft now also confirms that it has been the victim of foreign, probably Russian, hackers. The attack was made via SolarWinds.
Software maker Solarwinds appeared to have been hacked months ago whereby updates for its Orion software were manipulated.
This made it possible for very advanced hackers for months to break in and eavesdrop on users of the software.
“Like other SolarWinds customers, we have actively searched and can confirm that we found malicious SolarWinds binaries in our own systems got to know.
Foreign hackers – the US pointing an accusing finger at Russia, but there is no hard evidence – have had access to the networks of multiple US ministries, government agencies and companies for months.
