LISTEN: What The SolarWinds Hack Can Teach Us All About Online Safety

Connecticut Public Radio | By John Henry Smith

Published December 29, 2020 at 4:51 PM EST

Earlier this month, a cybersecurity company named SolarWinds revealed it had been hacked. And because it had been hacked, many of SolarWinds’ clients got hacked too -- including most of the federal government. Cybersecurity expert Tim Weber of Farmington-based ADNET Technologies joined All Things Considered to talk about why this hack is a big deal and what it can teach us about being safer online.Hear the interview below:

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