The SolarWinds Misstep: Who Else Walked Off the Cliff?
February 2, 2021
“Hack Said to Extend Beyond SolarWinds” is a troubling “real” news story. The idea that bad actors may have gained access to commercial and government servers for more than a year was troubling. According to the write up, the data breach has another dimension:
Close to a third of the victims didn’t run the SolarWinds Corp. software initially considered the main avenue of attack for the hackers…
What was the shared point of vulnerability?
The write up dances around the topic, but DarkCyber believes that Microsoft software is the common factor for the breaches, a fact presented at the end of the article:
Mr. Wales [US government cyber security wizard] said his [Cyber Security and Infrastructure] agency isn’t aware of cloud software other than Microsoft’s targeted in the attack.
The Wall Street Journal article reporting a government official’s public statement is located behind a paywall.
Is Microsoft capable of providing cloud and desktop services which are secure. Will a rock band craft a TikTok video based on a remake of the Platters’ hit song the Great Pretender modified to the Great Defender?
Yes I’m the great defender
Just laughin’ and gay like a clown
I seem to be what I’m not, you see
I’m showing my code like a crown
Pretending that JEDI’s still around.
Apologies to Buck Ram.
Stephen E Arnold, February 2, 2021
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