A retrospective of the 10 most significant cybersecurity events over the past decade, framed around Huntress's 10th anniversary. Covers NotPetya (2017), the Equifax breach, SolarWinds supply chain attack, Hafnium/Exchange vulnerabilities, Colonial Pipeline ransomware, Log4Shell, MOVEit exploitation, Qakbot takedown, ScreenConnect authentication bypass, and Operation Endgame. Each event is analyzed for its broader lessons around supply chain security, patch management, incident response, and community-driven defense. Huntress highlights its own rapid-response contributions throughout.

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1. NotPetya attack (June 2017)2. Equifax data breach (July 2017)3. SolarWinds supply chain attack (December 2020)4. Hafnium attack: Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerabilities (March 2021)5. Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack (May 2021)6. Log4Shell vulnerability (December 2021)7. MOVEit Transfer vulnerability exploitation (May-June 2023)8. Qakbot malware takedown (August 2023)9. ScreenConnect authentication bypass (February 2024)10. Operation Endgame: Russian-led malware network dismantled (May 2025)