Several U.S. government agencies and large organizations were hit by cyberattacks due to a vulnerability in IT infrastructure provider – SolarWinds.
Many government agencies and Fortune 500 companies use SolarWinds, which contributed to the severity of the attack.
Organizations were forced to continue working with it despite knowing that a breach had occurred.
The attack resulted from a weak password that an intern had used – “solarwinds123”.
The attack affected thousands of SolarWinds’ clients, causing billions in damages.
Source: https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/139160/data-breach/worst-data-breaches.html
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"type": "Vulnerability",
"date": "02/2021",
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"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"