SolarWinds attack may have started months earlier than previously thought, says CEO

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The SolarWinds attack may have started much earlier than previously believed
The president and CEO of SolarWinds specified that hackers may have been in its environment as early as January 2019.
Previous reports indicated that the attack started before October 2019.
Hackers may have been present inside the SolarWinds environment as early as January 2019. It was previously believed that the SolarWinds attack began sometime before October 2019. The new information comes from SolarWinds president and CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna, who discussed the attack during the RSA Conference (via PCMag).
Ramakrishna spoke with Forrester VP Laura Koetzle in a pre-taped interview for the virtual RSA Conference. "The tradecraft the attackers used was extremely well done and extremely sophisticated," explained Ramakrishna. He added that the attack was possible because it had the resources of a nation-state behind it. The U.S. government has accused Russia of being behind the SolarWinds attack.

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