A major cyber-attack happened in 2020 that affected thousands of organizations globally including multiple parts of the United States Federal Government. read more about it on the following URL:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/log4j-vulnerability-breach-patch/

1. What were the motives of the attackers? What is the attack technique that the hackers used? What was the result of the attack? How could this attack have been prevented?