The SolarWinds hack in December of 2020 is considered one of the largest and most sophisticated attacks known to date. The attack, which potentially put 18,000 public and private organizations at risk, was used as a springboard to compromise a raft of U.S. government agencies. SolarWinds later claimed that less than 100 were actually hacked as a result.
According to experts, this hack could be the catalyst for broad changes in the cybersecurity industry, prompting companies and governments to devise new methods on how to protect themselves and react better to breaches and attacks.