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How SolarWinds Responded to the 2020 SUNBURST Cyberattack
Cold Call (Harvard Business School)29 minJanuary 16, 2024

How SolarWinds Responded to the 2020 SUNBURST Cyberattack

Hosted by Brian Kenny / Harvard Business Review

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How SolarWinds Responded to the 2020 SUNBURST Cyberattack

Episode Summary

In December of 2020, SolarWinds learned that they had fallen victim to a widespread malware supply chain attack. This attack granted hackers access to thousands of it customers’ data, including military and government agencies across the globe. General Counsel Jason Bliss needed to orchestrate the company’s response without knowing how many of its 300,000 customers had been affected, or how severely. What’s more, the existing CEO was scheduled to step down and incoming CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna had yet to come on board. In this episode of Cold Call, Professor Frank Nagle discusses SolarWinds’ response to this unprecedented supply chain attack and the case, “SolarWinds Confronts SUNBURST.”

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