Documents for Pentagon contractors found on dark web

By Solomon Klappholz for IT PRO
Thursday, July 25, 2024

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Hackers have reportedly dumped internal documents from Leidos Holdings on the dark web, raising questions about how organizations are securing their supply chains.

Ilia Kolochenko, CEO of ImmuniWeb, explained that although some organizations take their third-party risk management (TPRM) seriously they often miss the original cause of the problem.

"While some large companies and governmental agencies take third-party risk management extremely seriously, they still fail to adequately mitigate the root cause of the problem. Worst, some TPRM programs instinctively impose costly and time-consuming due diligence on most vendors, without considering vendor-specific risks, threats, and vendor's overall trustworthiness," he added.

"Eventually, the one-size-fits-all approach miserably fails, and despite sometimes-draconian risk assessments of vendors and suppliers, numerous foreseeable but unaddressed risks continue triggering massive data breaches." Read Full Article