SolarWinds hackers now strike global IT supply chains
Microsoft has warned that the Russia-based cyber criminals, behind the massive SolarWinds software attack last year, are on the prowl again, this time targeting organisations integral to the global IT supply chain.
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New Delhi: Microsoft has warned that the Russia-based cyber criminals, behind the massive SolarWinds software attack last year, are on the prowl again, this time targeting organisations integral to the global IT supply chain. The Russian nation-State actor 'Nobelium' has targeted at least 140 resellers and technology service providers in global IT supply chains, it said.
"Since May, we have notified more than 140 resellers and technology service providers that have been targeted by Nobelium. We continue to investigate, but to date we believe as many as 14 of these resellers and service providers have been compromised," said Tom Burt, CVP, Customer Security and Trust, at Microsoft.
'Nobelium' was behind the cyberattacks targeting SolarWinds customers in 2020, and which the US government and others have identified as being part of Russia's foreign intelligence service known as the SVR.
