The News Breaks

The SolarWinds cyberattack no doubt will prompt considerable short-term fallout in terms of customers, revenue and reputation, said Eric Parizo, senior analyst with Omdia.

The hackers inserted malicious code into SolarWinds‘ Orion software updates sent to nearly 18,000 customers. The updates were released between March and June of last year.

This led to security breaches at numerous U.S. government agencies. Those include the Treasury Department, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Justice Department. The attacker also breached SolarWinds’ corporate clients.