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.
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Reacting to news reports claiming hackers may have used Czech software firm JetBrains’ TeamCity tool as an initial infection vector during the attack against SolarWinds, JetBrains CEO Maxim Shafirov says the company has not been contacted by investigators. But he says customer misconfiguration of TeamCity could have enabled a hack. JetBrains has not taken part or been involved in this attack in any way, the CEO says. He adds, however, that it’s important to stress that TeamCity is a complex product that requires proper configuration. If TeamCity has somehow been used in this [SolarWinds breach] process, it could very well be due to misconfiguration, and not a specific vulnerability.
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WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - The FBI is investigating whether the hackers behind a series of intrusions at U.S. federal agencies and companies also broke into project-management software created by the Czech-based company JetBrains in order to breach its customers, two people familiar with the investigation told Reuters on Wednesday.
Privately held JetBrains produces software called TeamCity that is used by tens of thousands of customers to construct other software. Among its customers is SolarWinds, JetBrains Chief Executive Maxim Shafirov said from St. Petersburg, Russia, where JetBrains has offices.
SolarWinds revealed last month that someone with access to its system for developing network-management software had inserted back doors into two updates of its flagship Orion products.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI is investigating whether the hackers behind a series of intrusions at U.S. federal agencies and companies also broke into project-management software created by the Czech-based company JetBrains in order to breach its customers, two people familiar with the investigation told Reuters on Wednesday.
Privately held JetBrains produces software called TeamCity that is used by tens of thousands of customers to construct other software. Among its customers is SolarWinds, JetBrains Chief Executive Maxim Shafirov said from St. Petersburg, Russia, where JetBrains has offices.