So apparently Russian hackers were able to infiltrate the Office 365 accounts of multiple federal agencies.
They were able to do to this by targeting one of the government's suppliers, a company called "SolarWinds" in Austin. The hackers were able to slip their software into a software update from SolarWinds over the summer.
And get this: "SolarWinds says on its website that its customers include most of America’s Fortune 500 companies, all top ten U.S. telecommunications providers, all five branches of the U.S. military, the State Department, the National Security Agency, and the Office of President of the United States". Yikes.
They were able to do to this by targeting one of the government's suppliers, a company called "SolarWinds" in Austin. The hackers were able to slip their software into a software update from SolarWinds over the summer.
And get this: "SolarWinds says on its website that its customers include most of America’s Fortune 500 companies, all top ten U.S. telecommunications providers, all five branches of the U.S. military, the State Department, the National Security Agency, and the Office of President of the United States". Yikes.