(NPR) A 'Worst Nightmare' Cyberattack: The Untold Story Of The SolarWinds Hack

A 'Worst Nightmare' Cyberattack: The Untold Story Of The SolarWinds Hack



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A 'Worst Nightmare' Cyberattack: The Untold Story Of The SolarWinds Hack







An NPR investigation into the SolarWinds attack reveals a hack unlike any other, launched by a sophisticated adversary intent on exploiting the soft underbelly of our digital lives.



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Zoë van Dijk for NPR











A 'Worst Nightmare' Cyberattack: The Untold Story Of The SolarWinds Hack






Russian hackers exploited gaps in U.S. defenses and spent months in government and corporate networks in one of the most effective cyber espionage campaigns of all time. This is how they did it.