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Supply-chain attacks impacted 54m victims in 2023
Last year saw exponential growth in the number of organizations impacted by supply-chain attacks, although the increase in the number of organizations targeted has remained slow. According to the 2023 data breach report from the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) the number of organizations impacted has surged by more than 2,600 percent since 2018, affecting over 54 million victims. “We must acknowledge the significant impact of Supply Chain Attacks and their effect on all organizations. A single supply chain attack can directly or indirectly impact hundreds or thousands of businesses that rely on the same vendor,” warns the ITRC. While supply chain attacks have been around for many years, the ability to automate and launch the attacks at scale accelerated in 2018. The MOVEit attack last year shows the scope and scale a Supply Chain Attack can have. According to the report, 102 entities were directly impacted by threat actors exploiting a MOVEit product. However, 1,271 organizations were indirectly affected when information stored in or accessed by a MOVEit product or service was compromised via a vendor or vendors.
Three-quarters of SMBs hit by serious cyber-attacks
Roughly three-quarters of small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have experienced a cyber-attack, a breach, or both in the last year. According to non-profit organization the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC)’s third annual ITRC Business Impact Report, 73 percent of owners or leaders of SMB’s reported being attacked or breached in the past 12 months, following a slight dip in the previous year.