How SolarWinds Responded to the 2020 SUNBURST Cyberattack
In December of 2020, SolarWinds learned they had fallen victim to hackers. Unknown actors had inserted malware called SUNBURST into a tool update, potentially granting hackers access to thousands of its clients’ files, including govt agencies across the globe and the US navy. General Counsel Jason Bliss wanted to orchestrate the firm’s response without shimmering
In December of 2020, SolarWinds learned they had fallen victim to hackers. Unknown actors had inserted malware called SUNBURST into a tool update, potentially granting hackers access to thousands of its clients’ files, including govt agencies across the globe and the US navy. General Counsel Jason Bliss wanted to orchestrate the firm’s response without shimmering how quite rather a lot of its 300,000 clients had been affected, or how severely. What’s extra, the prevailing CEO became once scheduled to step down and incoming CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna had but to come help on board. Bliss wanted to straight away keep in touch the firm’s stream notion with clients and the media. In this episode of Chilly Call, Harvard Trade College Professor Frank Nagle discusses SolarWinds’ response to this supply chain assault in the case, “SolarWinds Confronts SUNBURST.”
