Intel, Cisco, VMware victim of SolarWinds hack: Report

San Francisco: At least 24 big companies including tech giants like Intel, Cisco, VMware and Nvidia are part of the SolarWinds hack allegedly orchestrated by Russia-backed cybercriminals, the media reported.

The suspected Russian hackers installed a malware in the Orion software sold by the IT management company SolarWinds, and accessed sensitive data belonging to several US government agencies, at least one hospital and a university, reports Wall Street Journal.

The report said on Monday that several tech companies also suffered data breach in this massive hack operation.