The SolarWinds Orion Supply Chain Hack of 2020

SolarWinds 2020 supply chain hack backdoored 18,000 networks via Orion updates, reshaping global cyber defense and software trust.

In December 2020, the world discovered that an IT management tool had become the delivery vehicle for one of the most far-reaching cyber-espionage operations in history. The Orion platform by SolarWinds, used by thousands of government and enterprise networks, was secretly weaponized.

Attackers slipped a malicious backdoor into a routine software update,…