supply chain attack

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Noun

supply chain attack (plural supply chain attacks)

  1. (computer security) A cyberattack via a third party in the victim's digital supply chain.
    • 2023, R. Kelly Rainer, Brad Prince, Introduction to Information Systems, 10th edition, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 83:
      A supply chain attack targets organizations by focusing on weaker links in that organization's supply chain. For example, a supply chain attack can enable hackers to compromise enterprise networks by attacking connected applications or services owned or used by business partners such as suppliers.

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