The impacts and implications of the recent SolarWinds breach are widespread and on-going. SolarWinds' network-monitoring and management software was used by customers worldwide—including the U.S. military, Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and educational institutions—to manage their own computer systems. The apparent expert consensus is that Russia used SolarWinds' hacked program to infiltrate roughly 18,000 government and private networks.
Microsoft and FireEye, both victims of the hack, have issued reports detailing the malware specs that hackers added to the SolarWinds' monitoring product updates that were uploaded to customer computers. The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, the New York State Department of Financial Services, and other cyber agencies and regulators have issued advisories requiring immediate action by entities using the affected what can you do with a computer science degree products or usage by third parties with access to regulated entities' networks and data. There are also increasingly pointed news reports concerning SolarWinds' management and security practices.
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