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Actual title: Hackers used SolarWinds' dominance against it in sprawling spy campaign Not to dismiss the point of the editorialised title here ("SolarWinds us
by mellosouls 6y ago
Actual title:
Hackers used SolarWinds' dominance against it in sprawling spy campaign
Not to dismiss the point of the editorialised title here ("SolarWinds use the password 'solarwinds123' on their Update Servers") but note:
Neither the password nor the stolen access is considered the most likely source of the current intrusion, researchers said
- dyslexit 6y agoAdditionally, that was a flaw from a year ago. Still incredibly stupid, but not really relevant to the recent hacks at all. This is being used to discredit the fact that investigators are pointing to "a" state actor for the source of these hacks.
- jjulius 6y ago>Additionally, that was a flaw from a year ago. Still incredibly stupid, but not really relevant to the recent hacks at all. I'd argue that it's very relevant; if they were making such terrible decisions a year ago, what else did they do wrong between then and the hack? I am reluctant to assume that they didn't make other mistakes, given how obvious this password flub was.
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- nabakin 6y agoThe title should be edited from "use" to "used" imo.