SolarWinds breached in Russia-linked cyber-attack
SolarWinds was hit by a Russia-linked cyber-attack. The US Securities and Exchange Commission brought a lawsuit over the incident, but most of its claims were dismissed in July 2024, and in November 2025 it emerged that the SEC planned to drop the lawsuit.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- SolarWinds
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Not confirmed
- Cause / method
- Russia-linked cyber-attack
- Location
- United States
Timeline
- The US Securities and Exchange Commission argued in its lawsuit that the SolarWinds hack could have been prevented.
- SolarWinds won dismissal of most claims in the US Securities and Exchange Commission's lawsuit.
- The US Securities and Exchange Commission's plan to drop the lawsuit came to light.
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