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Cybersecurity for businesses involves a lot of jargon unfamiliar to us consumers, and for good reason. One concept has begun affecting us everyday users more—supply chain attacks.
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Cybersecurity for businesses involves a lot of jargon unfamiliar to us consumers, and for good reason.
One concept has begun affecting us everyday users more—supply chain attacks.
A supply chain attack is when hackers go after a vendor or partner that a company works with, rather than attacking the business directly.
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Cybersecurity for businesses involves a lot of jargon unfamiliar to us consumers, and for good reason. One concept has begun affecting us everyday users more—supply chain attacks. A supply chain attack is when hackers go after a vendor or partner that a company works with, rather than attacking the business directly.
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- (Or at least, see what kind of dirt they can get on other organizations.) Before AI, this kind of hack mostly stayed confined in the corporate realm.
- Now consumers often end up at risk after business-to-business attacks, too.
- Supply chain attacks now suck for everyone The hack of a Valve partner ended up affecting Steam Machine buyers in Europe.
- Valve Just a few years ago, supply chain attacks were more rare—and quieter.
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Such language generally doesn't apply to our lives.
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