Data Loss Prevention Vendor becomes a hacker victim
With data loss prevention (DLP) solutions, companies want to prevent internal data from leaving their own network unintentionally. But if the software provider itself is hacked, its customers are also at risk. This is what happened to the provider who also has customers from government and military institutions. Supply chain attacks are among the dangers that are often underestimated, say the experts at IT security manufacturer ESET. They recently uncovered an attack on the network of an East Asian data loss prevention company whose customer portfolio includes government and military institutions. The ESET researchers attribute this attack with high probability to the APT group "Tick"...