One Person Saved The Security of the Internet

Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE
7 min readApr 6, 2024

The Solarwinds attack showed that threat actors are increasingly moving to software supply chain attacks on software, and compromising low-handing fruit in its delivery. These threat actors often have time, funding and expertise to craft advanced attack tools, and where their attack methods might go undiscovered through software patches and system upgrades.

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Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE

Professor of Cryptography. Serial innovator. Believer in fairness, justice & freedom. Based in Edinburgh. Old World Breaker. New World Creator. Building trust.