You may have heard of the SolarWinds hack. Or, maybe not. News of the incident began trickling out slowly, in the midst of the U.S. election dispute and rising COVID-19 numbers. But the more we've learned about the attack, the more clear it's become that this is a big deal.
Brainstorm hosts Michal Lev-Ram and Brian O'Keefe explain how the attack was carried out, who was involved, and what the fallout may be. They are assisted by Fortune writer David Z. Morris, and Dmitri Alperovitch, Chair of the Silverado Policy Accelerator, and founder and previous CTO of CrowdStrike, a large cybersecurity company.
Then the conversation shifts to prevention. Protecting our country from sophisticated cyber espionage will require some big changes. Suzanne Spaulding helps tell this part of the story. She's a senior advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and a member of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission. She formerly ran cybersecurity infrastructure in the Department of Homeland Security.
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