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“We believe that this vulnerability is the result of a highly-sophisticated, targeted and manual supply chain attack by a nation state,” - SolarWinds CEO Kevin Thompson in his official statement.
The compromise is critical because SolarWinds would give a hacker “God-mode” access to the network, making everything visible, according to the Cyber Guy I talked to. They have had Carte Blanche access to all these depts.
Now FireEye said it had notified “multiple organizations” globally where it saw indications of compromise. It said that the hacks did not seed self-propagating malware, like the 2016 NotPetya malware ALSO blamed on Russia!
That 2016 hack caused more than $10 billion in damage globally and that level of actual infiltration of an infected organization required meticulous planning and manual interaction. Why the hell these idiots keep immediately pointing at Russia and ignoring China is BULLSHIT!
The US government did not publicly identify Russia as the culprit behind this hack, and said little about who might be responsible. It's these so called Cybersecurity experts cough cough Dmitri Alperovitch said they considered Russian state hackers to be the main suspect.
Trump's National Security Council spokesperson John Ullyot said in his statement that the government was “taking all necessary steps to identify and remedy any possible issues related to this situation.” Typical canned answer
if you go look at the website, SolarWinds says it has 300,000 customers worldwide, including all five branches of the US military, the Pentagon, the State Department, NASA, the NSA, the Department of Justice and the White House.
This is serious shit because their website also says the 10 leading US telecommunications companies and top five US accounting firms are also among customers. We are wide fucking open.
CISA said it was working with other agencies to help “identify and mitigate any potential compromises.”
Remember @realDonaldTrump last month fired the director of CISA, Chris Krebs, after Krebs vouched for the integrity of the presidential election and he disputed the widespread electoral fraud every one of us can see.
Pf course this hack Krebs had to Tweet “hacks of this type take exceptional tradecraft and time,” adding that he believed that its impact was only beginning to be understood. https://twitter.com/C_C_Krebs/status/1338249463949893634
Well guess what you "Most secure election in history" hack, this happened months ago on your watch, and while you're resisting the @POTUS they were hacking into everything you mutt
I suspect that there’s a number of other federal agencies we’re going to hear from this week that have also been hit. mark my words, this was a gatekeeper level hack and this clown show at the CISA is clueless
If you want a reason for Executive order 13848 here you go.
https://www.solarwinds.com/company/customers
More than 425 of the US Fortune 500
All ten of the top ten US telecommunications companies
All five branches of the US Military
The US Pentagon, State Department, NASA, NSA, USPS, NOAA, DOJ, and the White House
All five of the top five US accounting firms
More than 425 of the US Fortune 500
All ten of the top ten US telecommunications companies
All five branches of the US Military
The US Pentagon, State Department, NASA, NSA, USPS, NOAA, DOJ, and the White House
All five of the top five US accounting firms
In the words of Jim Lovell
"Houston we have a problem"
"Houston we have a problem"
SolarWinds main funding comes from Austin Ventures, Bain Capital, and Insight Venture Partners. There is a lot to look at there.
I'm betting Dominion Voting Systems uses SolarWinds but have heard not a peep from that end.
My followers are quick on the trigger thanks
