For a large majority of the world, the SolarWinds hack in December 2020 was the first real introduction to digital supply chains and their vulnerabilities. But the reality is that hackers increasingly have been vested in software supply chain attacks, which increased 650% from July 2019 to May 2020 alone.
Likewise, data from Netscout’s 2H 2021 Threat Intelligence Report shows that hackers remain laser-focused on attacking the digital supply chain. Specifically, there was a 606% increase in attacks against software publishers from 1H 2021, as well as a 162% increase in attacks on computer manufacturers and a 263% increase against computer storage manufacturing.
