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...“We allege that, for years, SolarWinds and Brown ignored repeated red flags about SolarWinds’ cyber risks, which were well known throughout the company and led one of Brown’s subordinates to conclude: ‘We...
...Three days after being appointed to run US software group SolarWinds, Sudhakar Ramakrishna received a call any chief executive would dread....
...“When coupled with the attack on SolarWinds, it’s clear that part of [the hackers’] playbook is to gain access to trusted technology providers and infect their customers,” he added....
...In the case of SolarWinds, the hack was not discovered for more than a year....
...He said that hackers may have used “up to a dozen” different methods to gain access to victims’ systems, not just SolarWinds software....
...The fact that most people will never have heard of SolarWinds is important....
...“So understanding exactly which bit of Russia is behind SolarWinds is really important.”...
...Drop us a line and join the conversation: Due.Diligence@ft.com SolarWinds: private equity’s well-timed windfall Most successful investors know that timing is everything....
...The hackers gained access by hijacking software from SolarWinds, a Texas-based IT group that claimed to supply thousands of organisations worldwide with tools to monitor their networks, including the UK’...
...Until this week, SolarWinds was a little known IT software group from Texas....
...The SolarWinds hack is thought to have been pure espionage, rather than a cyber attack on critical infrastructure....
...The firms together held roughly 75 per cent of SolarWinds at the end of September, securities filings show, and three executives from each of the private equity firms sit on SolarWind’s board....
...SolarWinds, whose software was exploited by suspected Russian hackers to spy on governments and businesses around the world, has appointed Mr Krebs as an independent consultant. 2....
...It added that it had “evidence” of “access vectors, other than the SolarWinds Orion platform” which were being investigated....
...Corporate American pulls political donations after assault on Capitol https://www.ft.com/content/be344816-3fab-42e2-99ed-38309d06a435 SolarWinds cyber attack linked to tools used by Russian hacking group...
...Software made by the likes of SolarWinds and Microsoft forms the backbone of digital operations globally, yet a decision to forgo proper security safeguards by SolarWinds was taken without anyone noticing...
...FireEye, SolarWinds and some US officials have blamed “nation-state” hackers for the breach....
...Russian group behind SolarWinds spy campaign targets USAID Hackers who breached several US government agencies last year have hijacked an email system used by the development agency to target more than 150...
...SolarWinds added that “fewer than 18,000” of its 275,000 customers may have been exposed....
...The SolarWinds hackers have been blowing through US government departments again....
...And Silver Lake and Thoma Bravo faced embarrassment when it was reported they had sold some of their shares in IT group SolarWinds to their longtime backer, the Canada Public Pension Plan Investment Board...
...It was discovered in December.On Wednesday Anne Neuberger, the National Security Council’s cyber lead, said the Biden administration had determined the so-called SolarWinds hack had compromised at least...
...Salesforce.com, VMware, Dell and HP Inc also report....
...That same vulnerability was highlighted this weekend by news of a state-sponsored hacking attack that hijacked SolarWinds, a provider of IT monitoring tools to the vast majority of Fortune 500 companies...
...SolarWinds, whose software is used to manage IT infrastructure, was taken private for $4.5bn two years ago....
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