SolarWinds cyberattack: Chinese hackers behind solarWinds attack, says Microsoft
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Microsoft has revealed that the massive SolarWinds cyber attack was operated by a group of hackers from China. Microsoft Threat Intelligence Centre (MSTIC) team detected a zero-day remote code execution exploit, being used to attack SolarWinds Serv-U FTP software in limited and targeted attacks. To carry out the attack, hackers installed a malware in the Orion software sold by the IT management company SolarWinds.