Security researchers found out why SolarWinds was hacked by the alleged Russian hackers. They claim that the giant software company used a very weak password in 2019 that left it vulnerable to breaches.
The recent hack is a serious one since it breached the Orion, which has around 33,000 customers out of a total customer base of 330,000 customers. If the info is correct, it means that around 54% of the company's customers are compromised.
Security researchers said that they are sure that APT29 is not the one that directly attacked SolarWinds' source code repository, which is the software build system.
Although the direct hackers are not identified yet, experts said that they are really specialized in hacking since they were able to pull off the massive attack.
Current reports suggested that the hackers are also responsible for a series of attacks on a particular think tank way back in 2019 and early 2020.
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Written by: Giuliano de Leon.
