Boston University not affected by SolarWinds compromise:

You may have heard on about recent exposures in SolarWinds that have impacted numerous federal agencies such as the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Departments of Homeland Security, State, Defense and Commerce. While several universities have reportedly been impacted, Boston University discontinued use of SolarWinds in 2018 and have validated that we do not have any remaining installations

What is SolarWinds: SolarWinds is a IT management & network monitoring software that enables clients to quickly detect, diagnose, and resolve network performance problems and outages. SolarWinds is an American company headquartered in Austin, Texas 

What happened: A SolarWinds product, Orion, was the focus of a large-scale breach at U.S. government departments, Fortune 500 companies and possibly higher education institutions and research organizations. The attack resulted in the insertion of malware into the SolarWinds product, which was then distributed to SolarWinds customers resulting in the compromise of their customer sites.

What is the scale of the attack: The investigations into the breadth and depth of compromised systems continue and the full scale is not yet known. The SolarWinds product Orion is used by about 33,000 public and private sector customers. 

When was the attack discovered: The attack was publicly disclosed in December 2020. It is believed that the attack went undetected for many months in 2020. 

For more information: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2021/01/06/unraveling-solarwinds-hacks-fallout-higher-ed