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According to wikipedia SolarWinds suffered one of the largest cyberattacks against a company in history - one that also directly affected thousands of consumer devices (not just a company backend). This might be a unique consequence of a unique situation. But who knows.

> In February 2021, Microsoft President Brad Smith said that it was "the largest and most sophisticated attack the world has ever seen".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_federal_gov...




Brad Smith (https://news.microsoft.com/exec/brad-smith/) is a PR person at Microsoft. His role is to make loud statements on matters he has no knowledge of or qualifications to talk about.




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