The ‘most serious’ security breach ever is unfolding right now. Here’s what you need to know.

Much of the Internet, from Amazon’s cloud to connected TVs, is riddled with the log4j vulnerability, and has been for years

By Tatum Hunter and Gerrit De Vynck | 22 December 2021

WASHINGTON POST — On Dec. 9, word of a newly discovered computer bug in a hugely popular piece of computer code started rippling around the cybersecurity community. By the next day, nearly every major software company was in crisis mode, trying to figure out how their products were affected and how they could patch the hole.

The descriptions used by security experts to describe the new vulnerability in an extremely common section of code called log4j border on the apocalyptic.

“The log4j vulnerability is the most serious vulnerability I have seen in my decades-long career,” Jen Easterly, U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency director, said in a Thursday interview on CNBC.

What is log4j and where did it come from?

Log4j is a chunk of code that helps software applications keep track of their past activities. Instead of reinventing a “logging” — or record-keeping — component each time developers build new software, they often use existing code like log4j instead. It’s free on the Internet and very widely used, appearing in a “big chunk” of Internet services, according to Asaf Ashkenazi, chief operating officer of security company Verimatrix. […]

3 Comments on The ‘most serious’ security breach ever is unfolding right now. Here’s what you need to know.

  1. Oh my are we setting the stage? “The Iranian hackers tried to attack Israel’s sites” clue#1 Who’s this person named AshkeNAZI..clue #2 When these hacker stories start to pop up should we expect brown or blackouts? Diddling of the banking system…time will tell. All those computers have Israel Inside

    • I didn’t listen yet BUT under the video it says ((Elon Musk)) is going to stop the Great Reset!! This gives power to my theory its just faction fighting. Musk is with the ((Nazi)) faction RepubliNazis, NASA Space X tRUMP, Black Rock, FOX News and all the alt-kike. Musk is a generational satanist placed into position by his bloodline. He wants to put chips into our heads here’s a clip from CNBC (although they are commie) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqGotxtCEvg Patterns are forming

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