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Supply Chain Attack Examples: 7 Breaches That Changed Security

In December 2020, security firm FireEye discovered that SolarWinds — a company most people had never heard of — had been compromised by a threat actor who injected malicious code into a routine software update. That single update shipped to roughly 18,000 organizations, including the U.S. Treasury, the Department of

Carl B. Johnson Jun 08, 2023 7 min read
Supply Chain Attack Examples

Supply Chain Attack Examples That Changed Cybersecurity

The Attack That Hit 18,000 Organizations at Once In December 2020, security firm FireEye disclosed that it had been breached — and that the attack vector traced back to a routine software update from SolarWinds, a trusted IT management vendor. Within days, the scope became staggering: up to 18,000

Carl B. Johnson Oct 01, 2021 7 min read