And what they did is, at the last minute, they swapped out their file, which had malicious code in it, for the SolarWinds file.
Solarwinds data breach update#
And one of the things we learned was that the hackers, who the White House had said were from Russian intelligence, created their own software update in a, like, temporary file inside of SolarWinds. TEMPLE-RASTON: Well, this is all about quiet, sophisticated tradecraft. KING: And so how did they manage to do this? That's what they mean when they talk about a supply chain attack. So if you successfully hack SolarWinds, you can get into all these other entities, too. SolarWinds provides a kind of network monitoring software that lots of big companies and government agencies use. TEMPLE-RASTON: Well, this is different because the hackers attacked one private company in order to compromise hundreds, possibly thousands, of others. KING: We've heard so much about cyberattacks in the past few years. Good morning, Dina.ĭINA TEMPLE-RASTON, BYLINE: Good morning.
And with me now is NPR's Dina Temple-Raston.
NPR has been piecing together how it happened. Hackers broke into the systems of Fortune 500 companies and federal government agencies. The Biden administration imposed more sanctions on Russia last week, citing as one reason the SolarWinds hack.
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