Cyber Supply Chain Threat Rising How Hackers Gain Access to Entire Networks with 1 Weak Link.
Two recent supply chain cyber-attacks highlight a new way hackers have found to successfully target businesses and governments alike.
The strategy, which is growing in popularity involves bad actors targeting third-party vendors who provide a service used by a network of companies or government agencies.
Once the hackers find a way in, they have access to those providers’ entire customer base. It’s called a cyber supply chain attack, and according to security experts, these types of attacks mean you’re only as strong as your weakest link.
The two most recent attacks on the cyber supply chain were carried out by two different U.S. adversaries. In the first, Chinese hackers targeted an email security provider, and in the other, Russian hackers infiltrated a file transfer program used by the federal government.