SolarWinds: Hackers Accessed Our Office 365 Since Early 2019
Hackers persistently accessed SolarWinds’ internal systems, Microsoft Office 365 environment and software development environment for months before carrying out their vicious cyberattack, the company said.
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Michael Novinson May 07, 2021, 06:49 PM EDT
Hackers persistently accessed SolarWinds’ internal systems, Microsoft Office 365 environment and software development environment for months before carrying out their vicious cyberattack.
The Austin, Texas-based IT infrastructure management vendor said hackers compromised SolarWinds’ credentials and conducted research and surveillance via persistent access for at least nine months prior to their October 2019 trial run. Hackers tested their ability to inject code into SolarWinds Orion network monitoring software in fall 2019, months before they actually started putting poisoned code into Orion.