“We believe that this vulnerability is the result of a highly-sophisticated, targeted and manual supply chain attack by a nation state. “We are aware of a potential vulnerability which, if present, is currently believed to be related to updates which were released between March and June 2020 to our Orion monitoring products,” Kevin Thompson, president and CEO of SolarWinds, explained in a prepared statement shared via e-mail. The cyberattacks, which were first reported this past weekend, were carried out by compromising a software platform produced by a vendor called SolarWinds. Departments of Treasury, Commerce and Homeland Security. A hacking campaign has gained access to private information from a number of government and industry organizations, including the U.S.
