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Retrieved 2021-12-06
The Microsoft paradox: Contributing to cyber threats and monetizing the cure (Fortune)
Retrieved 2021-12-03
Cybersecurity for Idiots (Lawfare)
Retrieved 2021-05-20
The Negligence behind the Colonial Pipeline Hack | Business (stltoday.com)
Retrieved 2021-05-13
Microsoft Could Get $150 Million in US Cyber Spending Despite Recent Hacks (English Bulletin)
Retrieved 2021-04-25
SolarWinds hacking campaign puts Microsoft in the hot seat (Columbia Basin Herald)
Microsoft in the hot seat due to SolarWinds hacking campaign (Compsmag)
Retrieved 2021-04-22
SolarWinds Hack Imparted Lessons to Work Across Silos and Not ‘Victim Blame,’ Says Federal CISO (Homeland Security Today)
Retrieved 2021-04-15
SolarWinds Fallout: Are the Feds to Blame? (EE Times)
Retrieved 2021-04-09
What the Titans of Industry Reveal about SolarWinds Attack (secblvd)
Retrieved 2021-03-29
SolarWinds: Who’s to Blame? Going Beyond the Cloud (Credit Union Times)
Unencrypted | What is SolarWinds? Are updates still safe? (THE DEVIL STRIP)
Retrieved 2021-03-19
Interview: Sai Venkataraman, Co-Founder and CEO, SecurityAdvisor (Infosecurity Magazine)
Retrieved 2021-03-15
Google, Microsoft Feud Over Antitrust, Hacking Issues (Silicon UK)
Retrieved 2021-03-08
Microsoft: Microsoft failed to shore up defenses that could have limited SolarWinds hack (U.S. senator, Telecom News, ET Telecom)
Retrieved 2021-03-02
Expert Reaction On Solarwinds Blames Intern For Weak Passwords (Information Security Buzz)
Retrieved 2021-03-01
iTWire (Microsoft chief's claims on cloud security result in sharp rejoinder)
SolarWinds Cyberattack Prompts Calls for Aggressive Countermeasures | The Well News (Pragmatic, Governance, Fiscally Responsible, News & Analysis)
SolarWinds Blames Intern for Weak Password That Led to Biggest Attack in 2020 (TI Forense)
Retrieved 2021-02-27
Microsoft’s Brad Smith Drags AWS, Google Over SolarWinds Response
Microsoft president criticizes Amazon and Google's public response to SolarWinds hack (Washington Times)
Jeff Elder on Twitter: "SolarWinds leaders told Congress today the password "solarwinds123" was a mistake by an intern. An email from the company in 2019 links the issue to "publicly accessible" data and "exposed credentials." https://t.co/UTfYWYNTFP" / T
Jeff Elder on Twitter: "SolarWinds leaders told Congress the password "solarwinds123" was a quickly fixed intern's error. Records show it was a publicly accessible software (update server with password visible for two years. A company email from 2019 notes)
Accusation: Microsoft failed with security in the SolarWinds hack (Born's Tech and Windows World)
Retrieved 2021-02-26
SolarWinds Executives Blame Intern for Leaking Password 'solarwinds123', Leading to Largest Security Breach in The US (Tech Times)
Over 18,000 companies attacked - Microsoft slams Google & Amazon for hiding information (Gizchina.com)
Former SolarWinds CEO blames intern for 'solarwinds123' password leak | (foxcarolina.com)
SolarWinds' Former CEO Blames Intern for 'solarwinds123' Password Leak (Slashdot)
Microsoft slams Amazon's AWS over Solarwinds silence (MSPoweruser)
Retrieved 2021-02-24
Google’s been lobbying for more scrutiny into Microsoft’s liability for SolarWinds hack » OnMSFT.com
Retrieved 2021-02-23
SolarWinds, Microsoft, FireEye, CrowdStrike defend actions in major hack - U.S. Senate hearing (Reuters)
Retrieved 2021-02-16
SolarWinds: Microsoft Reveals New Details About Sophisticated Mega (Breach)
Retrieved 2021-02-11
Zero Day Initiative — Three More Bugs in Orion’s Belt
Retrieved 2020-12-16
Billions Spent on U.S. Defenses Failed to Detect Giant Russian Hack (nyt)
We're not saying this is how SolarWinds was backdoored, but its FTP password 'leaked on GitHub in plaintext' (Register)
Retrieved 2020-10-20
Trump ‘Nobody Gets Hacked’ Video Goes Viral