Security breach at multiple Federal agencies via SolarWinds

[goossbears <acohen36@gmail.com>]

Since it's been reported for a few days now *without* the mass posting of counter-warnings such as "False News of Zero Day! False News of Zero Day!", I'd therefore guess that this news of the security breach was (and possibly still is) likely valid.

E.g., from at least ...

- Gizmodo's 'Feds Still Trying to Determine How Screwed They Are After Massive SolarWinds Hack', https://gizmodo.com/feds-still-trying-to-determine-how-screwed-they-are-aft-1845888076

- CNN's Politics' article 'Massive hack of US government launches search for answers as Russia named top suspect', https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/16/politics/us-government-agencies-hack-uncertainty/index.html

- CNN's Business article 'Why the US government hack is literally keeping security experts awake at night', https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/16/tech/solarwinds-orion-hack-explained/index.html

- The BBC News' Tech article 'SolarWinds Orion: More US government agencies hacked', https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55318815

- The BBC News' Tech article 'SolarWinds: Why the Sunburst hack is so serious', https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55321643

Further thoughts and insights on this from Michael P, Rick M, Thomas L, and anyone else here?

-A

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