Security News > 2021 > September > Autodesk reveals it was targeted by Russian SolarWinds hackers
Autodesk has confirmed that it was also targeted by the Russian state hackers behind the large-scale SolarWinds Orion supply-chain attack, almost nine months after discovering that one of its servers was backdoored with Sunburst malware.
"We identified a compromised SolarWinds server and promptly took steps to contain and remediate the incidents," Autodesk said in a recent 10-Q SEC filing.
"While we believe that no customer operations or Autodesk products were disrupted as a result of this attack, other, similar attacks could have a significant negative impact on our systems and operations."
As a direct result of this supply-chain attack, the Russian state hackers gained access to the networks of multiple US federal agencies and private tech sector firms.
Before the attack was disclosed, SolarWinds said it had 300,000 customers worldwide [1, 2], including over 425 US Fortune 500 companies, all top ten US telecom companies.
SolarWinds has reported expenses of $3.5 million from dealing with last year's supply-chain attack in March 2021, including remediation and incident investigation costs.
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