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Private and public Sector organizations alike were surprised by the SolarWinds cyber attack that was announced by FireEye in December 2020. As one of the largest cyber attacks in history, it affected 18,000 of its customers globally. By injecting code into SolarWinds’ Orion platform, hackers carried out a supply chain attack that allowed them to infiltrate the IT systems of many private and public sector organizations globally, including: 

• Local, state, and federal government agencies within the United States,
• National Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO),
• European Parliament,
• U.K. government, and
• Several private companies.

It’s believed to be one of the worst cyber-espionage incidents ever suffered by the United States. Even worse, it took nearly nine months before the attack was ever detected, at which point the damage had already been done.

While this was a colossal attack on the public sector, it’s far from the only one. Hackers today are increasingly targeting public sector organizations. Without aggressive countermeasures, governments stand to lose sensitive data from data breaches. But why and how frequently are hackers targeting the public sector? What are governments doing to combat these increasing attacks? And what challenges do public sector organizations face?

Let’s hash it out.

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