In some cases, the analysis led to the identity of compromised organizations and showed when the code was likely activated-indicating that the hackers had access. The Journal said it gathered clues from victim computers collected by threat-intelligence companies Farsight Security and RiskIQ and then used decryption methods to reveal the identities of some servers that downloaded the malicious code.
“There has been no known negative impact identified to date,” a company spokeswoman told The Journal. Playa Vista, Calif.-based Belkin told The Wall Street Journal that it had removed the backdoor immediately after federal officials issued an alert on Dec. The firm sells home and office Wi-Fi routers and networking gear under the Linksys and Belkin brands. Belkin Internationalīelkin International was one of among two dozen companies identified Monday by The Wall Street Journal to install a trojanized version of the SolarWinds Orion network monitoring platform, potentially giving hackers access to sensitive corporate and personal data through a covertly inserted backdoor. From tech giants, internet service providers and IT solution providers to federal agencies and county governments, here’s a deeper look at 24 victims of the colossal SolarWinds hack who’ve been publicly identified (so far). 17 that just over 40 of the company’s customers were precisely targeted and compromised through trojanized Orion updates. Similarly, Microsoft President Brad Smith said Dec.
FireEye CEO Kevin Mandia said Sunday that only 50 of the 18,000 organizations who installed malicious SolarWinds Orion code into their network were “genuinely impacted” by the campaign. The victims have included government, consulting, technology and telecom firms in North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, FireEye threat researchers wrote on Dec. government agencies, critical infrastructure entities and private sector organizations. The manual supply chain attack against SolarWinds’ Orion network monitoring platform has sent shockwaves throughout the world, with suspected Russian foreign intelligence service hackers gaining access to U.S.
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