What Is a Supply Chain Attack?
By Andy Greenberg
Published: 2021-05-31 · Archived: 2026-04-05 13:29:36 UTC
Hacker Lexicon: What Is a Supply Chain Attack?
From NotPetya to SolarWinds, it’s a problem that’s not going away any time soon.
Illustration: Sam Whitney; Getty Images
Cybersecurity truisms have long been described in simple terms of trust: Beware email attachments from
unfamiliar sources, and don't hand over credentials to a fraudulent website. But increasingly, sophisticated hackers
are undermining that basic sense of trust and raising a paranoia-inducing question: What if the legitimate hardware
and software that makes up your network has been compromised at the source?
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Andy Greenberg is a senior writer for WIRED covering hacking, cybersecurity, and surveillance. He’s the author
of the books Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency and Sandworm: A New
Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers. His books ... Read More
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