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SolarWinds hack was 'largest and most sophisticated attack' ever: Microsoft

By Staff Writers

Feb 15 2021 1:10PM

More than 1000 engineers likely involved.

SolarWinds hack was 'largest and most sophisticated attack' ever: Microsoft

A hacking campaign that used a US tech company as a springboard to compromise a raft of US government agencies is "the largest and most sophisticated attack the world has ever seen," Microsoft president Brad Smith said. The operation, which was identified in December and that the US ...

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