The sprawling reach of the SolarWinds malware attack, widely attributed to Russia, reignited the debate about appropriate response from private sector organizations to cyberattacks from nation states. (Sergey Pyatakov – Host Photo Agency via Getty Images)
The sprawling reach of a malware campaign that hit government agencies and businesses using SolarWinds, and potentially other attack vectors according to recent reports, inspires new questions about appropriate response from private sector organizations.
Many enterprises, particularly those in tech and security, have tremendous insight into the workings of their own systems and the intrusions that might occur, which some believe puts them in a particularly unique position to hack back at attackers. Doing so, however, could bring a host of problems.