Sunburst Attack



Cyber Threat Analysis Report: Solarwinds Compromise
Date: 22 June 2023


  • Solargate
  • Sunburst
  • FireEye
  • Orion tool
    • Flaws
    • Foothold
    • Escalation
  • Timeline
    • Sep 2019: Assessment, code injection tests
    • Nov 2020: Injection testing ceases
    • Feb 2020: Backdoor compiled and deployed
    • Mar 2020: Estimated distribution of backdoor
    • May 2020: Estimated start of hands key attacks
    • June 2020: Malware removed from build environment
    • Dec 2020: Supply chain attack disclosed
  • 1000 or more users conducting this exploit.