Whistleblower says Microsoft was warned ahead of SolarWinds hack
Microsoft continues to face tough questions about its security protocols and commitment to safety after a whistleblower says he warned the company about a serious vulnerability involving third party software years ahead of it being exploited in the infamous SolarWinds attack.
Experts believe that it was in September of 2019 that Russian hackers gained access to SolarWinds - a network infrastructure monitoring software relied on by hundreds of thousands of computer systems across the country.
By inserting malware in a SolarWinds update, hackers got a backdoor to those systems, including…
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