Security breaches from issues associated with supply chain and third-party suppliers made an unprecedented jump in the US in 2021, rising 297% year over year and representing about a fourth of all security breaches, according to a study by IAM (identity and access management) company ForgeRock.
The company’s 2022 Consumer Identity and Breach Report found unauthorized access to be the leading infection vector for the breaches, accounting for 50% of all records compromised in 2021, up 5 percentage points from 2020.
