Microsoft unleashes 'Death Star' on SolarWinds hackers in extraordinary response to breach

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128. Thanks for the link. It appears the top poster was a bit over enthusiastic

and the geek wire article overstated the significance of the action Microsoft initiated.

From the W/P

On Monday, Microsoft and FireEye diverted the channel the Russians used to send commands to systems that download the corrupted patch, causing the malware to shut down. But that does not help those organizations whose networks the Russians have deeply penetrated.

What was accomplished possibly was terminating any further hacking, not restoring any compromised systems.

That's a lot different than what geek wire reported or intimated .

Through four steps over four days, Microsoft flexed the muscle of its legal team and its control of the Windows operating system to nearly obliterate the actions of some of the most sophisticated offensive hackers out there. In this case, the adversary is believed to be APT29, aka Cozy Bear, the group many believe to be associated with Russian intelligence, and best known for carrying out the 2016 hack against the Democratic National Committee (DNC).

That made it sound like M/S reversed the actions of the hackers and restored the hacked systems.

All I was trying to do was verify if the situation deserved the enthusiasm displayed by the poster. It appears it does not.