This 7 part tweet purports to give an over-view of this Solar-Wind story.
I can't speak to the accuracy:
https://twitter.com/KimZetter/status/1338389130951061504
https://twitter.com/KimZetter/status/1338389133773787137
https://twitter.com/KimZetter/status/1338389139645845505
https://twitter.com/KimZetter/status/1338389141080350720
I'm not sure how this person knows what they know, nor if it is accurate. Are they just assuming muhRussia, as is so fashionable these days?
Anyway it is interesting nonetheless.
Edit: Sorry, I thought the tweets would load in the post like they do on Reddit.
https://www.cisa.gov/news/2020/12/13/cisa-issues-emergency-directive-mitigate-compromise-solarwinds-orion-network
What we do know for sure is that there was a large-scale cyber attack on US government institutions and infrastructure during the national emergency declared in 2018 and likely again last night.
By proving such a large-scale cyber attack occurred, it opens the gates for Trump to initiate his Plan B --> 2018-EO13848.
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/09/14/2018-20203/imposing-certain-sanctions-in-the-event-of-foreign-interference-in-a-united-states-election
United States federal law (10 U.S.C. §§ 251–255; prior to 2016, 10 U.S.C. §§ 331–335; amended 2006, 2007) that empowers the President of the United States to deploy U.S. military and federalized National Guard troops within the United States in particular circumstances, such as to suppress civil disorder, insurrection and rebellion.
Article IV section 4 my dudes.