JetBrains denies involvement in the SolarWinds supply-chain hack
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JetBrains' CEO, Maxim Shafirov, denied reports from multiple news outlets that the company played a role in the SolarWinds supply chain attack.
The privately-held software vendor was founded in Prague, Czech Republic, in February 2000, and it has more than 1,200 employees.
JetBrains' products are used by over 9,000,000 developers from more than and 300,000 companies worldwide, including 95 Fortune 100 companies and 79 Fortune Global 100 companies.
The company's customer list includes Google, Netflix, Twitter, HP, Valve, Samsung, Volkswagen, NASA, Ubisoft, Citibank, Expedia, VMware, The New York Times, and many other high profile companies and organizations.
According to reports published by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Reuters, US officials are investigating if JetBrains' systems were breached, with the attackers using the access to its systems to infiltrate customer networks.