The intern did it

Retrieved 2021-05-20

SolarWinds CEO extends hack timeline, rethinks intern blame (Cybersecurity Dive)

SolarWinds hackers had earlier access than previously thought; Russia denies role (Seeking Alpha)

Retrieved 2021-05-19

SolarWinds CEO apologizes for blaming an intern, says attack may have started in January 2019 (The Record by Recorded Future)

SolarWinds CEO reveals much earlier hack timeline, regrets company blaming intern

#RSAC: SolarWinds CEO Provides new details on attack and response (Jioforme)

#RSAC: SolarWinds CEO Provides New Details into Attack and Response (The Cyber Security News)

SolarWinds CEO Apologizes For Blaming An Intern

SECURITY ALERT - SolarWinds CEO: Attack Began Much Earlier Than Previously Thought (MalwareTips Community)

Retrieved 2021-03-28

iTWire (SolarWinds speaks out, and software dev can never be the same again)

Retrieved 2021-03-26

SolarWinds hack: the mystery of one of the biggest cyberattacks ever (CyberNews)

Retrieved 2021-03-18

Has Your Organization Been Breached By Solar Winds Malware?

Retrieved 2021-03-13

Why ‘blaming the intern’ won’t save startups from cybersecurity liability (TechCrunch)

Why ‘blaming the intern’ won’t save startups from cybersecurity liability – TechCrunch (Bestgamingpro)

Retrieved 2021-03-11

SolarWinds CEO blames intern for cyber attack (Lexology)

Retrieved 2021-03-09

How SolarWinds’ Approach to Cybersecurity Made It Vulnerable to an Attack (TTI)

Retrieved 2021-03-07

SolarWinds Password Fail, Chinese Hacking Exchange, Google to stop Tracking Cookies

Retrieved 2021-03-05

This Week In SolarWinds, with a key unexpected lesson (The Business of Tech)

Retrieved 2021-03-04

SolarWinds blames at least some of its poor cybersecurity on an intern and a bad password.

Retrieved 2021-03-03

SolarWinds CEO Blames Intern for GitHub Password Fiasco (Toolbox Security)

Retrieved 2021-03-02

SolarWinds: Intern leaked passwords on GitHub (secblvd)

SolarWinds executives blame intern for 'solarwinds123' password lapse

Expert Reaction On Solarwinds Blames Intern For Weak Passwords (Information Security Buzz)

SolarWinds blaming intern is symptom of "security failures"

SolarWinds executives blame intern for leaked password (Cloud7 News)

Retrieved 2021-03-01

SolarWinds security fiasco may have started with simple password blunders (ZDNet)

SolarWinds Blames Intern for Weak Password That Led to Biggest Attack in 2020 (TI Forense)

Retrieved 2021-02-28

SolarWinds Officers Blame Intern for ‘solarwinds123’ Password (The Times Hub)

Solarwinds blamed intern for weak password ( experts have doubts)

Former SolarWinds CEO Blames Intern for Password Security Breach

Retrieved 2021-02-27

Former SolarWinds CEO Blames Intern for “solarwinds123” Password Leak (FR24 News English)

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

Former SolarWinds CEO blames intern for ‘solarwinds123’ password leak (WKSM-FM)

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)

Solarwinds blamed intern for weak password – experts have doubts (FR24 News English)

SolarWinds Officials Blame Intern for ‘solarwinds123’ Password

Vinoth Kumar on Twitter: "https://t.co/H18DCF44El is an intern service according to the Solarwinds ceo so an intern who worked for only for 3 months(2017) had an access to the FTP server and credential was not rotated after he left. So so

Retrieved 2021-02-26

SolarWinds Executives Blame Intern for Leaking Password 'solarwinds123', Leading to Largest Security Breach in The US (Tech Times)

Former SolarWinds CEO blames intern for 'solarwinds123' password leak | (foxcarolina.com)

SolarWinds' Former CEO Blames Intern for 'solarwinds123' Password Leak (Slashdot)

Former SolarWinds CEO blames the intern for the “solarwinds123” password leak (Security – 6Park News En)

Former SolarWinds CEO blames intern for "solarwinds123" password leak (CNNPolitics)

CyberSec Chey on Twitter: "Former SolarWinds CEO ("We had no password rules, didn't audit accounts, and were basically crap at security but, hey, that's why I got the big bucks!"" / Twitter)

Retrieved 2021-02-25

Former SolarWinds CEO blames intern for "solarwinds123" password leak (CNNPolitics)