Security News > 2021 > May > SolarWinds hackers resurface to attack government agencies and think tanks

The group behind the infamous SolarWinds hacks is on another cyberattack spree, this time targeting not just government agencies but others as well.

In a report published Thursday, Microsoft revealed that the threat actor Nobelium launched a series of attacks this past week against government agencies, think tanks, consultants, and non-governmental organizations.

Identifying the culprit as Nobelium, Microsoft pointed out that this is the same group behind the SolarWinds hack in 2020.

Those attacks, which exploited a security hole in a SolarWinds monitoring tool, hit different government agencies and were deemed to be sponsored by Russia.

Microsoft called the latest incident a continuation of different information gathering efforts by Nobelium to target government agencies involved in foreign policy.

As a follow-up to the SolarWinds attack, the compromise of Constant Contact shows that Nobelium is trying to gain access to trusted technology companies as a way to infect their customers.

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