Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-12-13 00:00:00
Affected organization: SolarWinds
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Network Infrastructure
Motive: Political-Espionage
Actor: SVR (COZYBEAR)
Actor type: Nation-State
Actor country: Russian Federation
Description: SolarWinds has been hacked by alleged Russian state-sponsored actors in a supply chain attack. As a result, the hackers installed a backdoor that allowed them to penetrate the systems of dozens of companies and US government agencies for months.