Ami Luttwak, CTO and co-founder of Wiz recently said, “Why are the SolarWinds hackers going after security companies? When you piece together the puzzle it becomes scary.” Ami Luttwak said via email. “They are trying to feed the beast, the more power they have, it gives them more tools and capabilities to attack more companies and get their capabilities as well. If we think about how this all started, they were after the FireEye tools… it’s like a game, they are attacking whoever has additional skills they can get.”
Both the United States and Britain blame Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), for the damaging attack. The SVR is in charge of foreign spying operations. It was previously known as the KGB.
The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) began tracking the SolarWinds attack in December 2020. MSTIC tracked the campaign of Nobelium (previously known as Solarigate). It was noted that the attack was ongoing and “evolved over a series of waves demonstrating significant experimentation.”
