The attack could have been part of an attempt to compromise the software supply chain, the researchers said.
Jul 21, 2022
Tulips in blossom on Independence Square on April 27, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Following Russia’s retreat from areas around the Ukrainian capital, signs of normal life have returned to Kyiv. (Photo by Alexey Furman/Getty Images)
Russia — in its Soviet incarnation — was the source of Ukraine’s infrastructure. Postwar pipes for everything from water to telecommunications in Ukraine is Russian in origin.
A worker assembles a Toyota Motor Corp Crown vehicle on the production line of the company’s Motomachi factory on July 30, 2018 in Toyota, Japan. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)
The White House ordered Commerce and Homeland Security to examine weak spots in how the IT and communications industries produce hardware and software.
WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 25: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting about cybersecurity in the East Room of the White House. Members of the Biden cabinet, national security team and leaders from the private sector attended the meeting about improving the nation’s cybersecurity. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event in the East Room of the White House on August 23, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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