It was reported that multiple U.S. federal agencies, including the Treasury Department and the National Nuclear Security Administration, were hacked in what may have been the worst cyberattack in American history.1 The hackers infiltrated the networks during a software update performed in March by the company SolarWinds, which provides network-management services to government agencies around the world; a security researcher had informed SolarWinds last year that anyone could access the company’s server using the password “solarwinds123.”
Weekly Review
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Weekly Review
It was reported that multiple U.S. federal agencies, including the Treasury Department and the National Nuclear Security Administration, were hacked in what may have been the worst cyberattack in American history.1 The hackers infiltrated the networks during a software update performed in March by the company SolarWinds, which provides network-management services to government agencies around the world; a security researcher had informed SolarWinds last year that anyone could access the company’s server using the password “solarwinds123.”