SolarWinds says fewer than 18,000 customers installed malware-laced Orion software update that led to US Treasury hack

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Fewer than 18,000 SolarWinds customers installed malware-laced Orion software update, the company believes
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Fewer than 18,000 SolarWinds customers installed malware-laced Orion software update, the company believes

Update to remove malware planned for release today

Software provider SolarWinds stated on Monday that fewer than 18,000 of its customers are thought to have downloaded a compromised software update, which enabled a nation-state hacker group to breach the...

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