It is a IT software company who makes multiple different products. The software in the alert is their Orion management software. It is used to monitor IT infrastructure and devices in a customers environment. The simple way to think of it is a dashboard where you can see the status of all IT related things within your company/Government agency.
I'm no 'hacker' white or otherwise, but I do know that solarwinds orion is interconnected to almost the entire network. It is and has been the preferred enterprise network management software for a while now. If it has been compromised this is a huge deal.
The timing
great point. its like theyre setting up for the EO
My thought, too. It could be an excuse to initiate the blackout - no media, no search, no sharing of info. (see, for example: https://twitter.com/CodeMonkeyZ/status/1337667508229132294)
Alternatively, or additionally, it could be an attempt to delete tracks in government and dominion systems
gov infrastructure security, look to see who is not on the list....fbi....csi.....
ACT OF WAR
Every fed agency has been ordered to shut down their computers Tom morning
What is Solarwinds? Something tech related it appears.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-fireeye-confirm-solarwinds-supply-chain-attack/
https://www.cisa.gov/news/2020/12/13/cisa-issues-emergency-directive-mitigate-compromise-solarwinds-orion-network
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Thank you. This sounds like a huge deal. Great timing.
Tis the perfect pretext to trigger actionable items of the 2018 EO
It is a IT software company who makes multiple different products. The software in the alert is their Orion management software. It is used to monitor IT infrastructure and devices in a customers environment. The simple way to think of it is a dashboard where you can see the status of all IT related things within your company/Government agency.
This is big.
I'm no 'hacker' white or otherwise, but I do know that solarwinds orion is interconnected to almost the entire network. It is and has been the preferred enterprise network management software for a while now. If it has been compromised this is a huge deal.
Dang, yahoo again?
https://www.solyndra.com/