by the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, Foreign Economic Espionage in Cyberspace… (2018)
“ Software Supply Chain Operations Last year represented a watershed in the reporting of software supply chain operations. In 2017, seven significant events were reported in the public domain compared to only four between 2014 and 2016. As the number of events grows, so too are the potential impacts. Hackers are clearly targeting software supply chains to achieve a range of potential effects to include cyber espionage, organizational disruption, or demonstrable financial impact: Floxif infected 2.2 million worldwide CCleaner customers with a backdoor. ”
