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Defence Forces, Para Military Forces and Intelligence Agencies of India Third-Party Breach (January 2021)

πŸ“… 2021-01-01 🏒 ELCOM Innovations
Primary Source β†—

Incident Details

Defence tech service provider firm’s data hacked, company claims Rs 50-cr loss. The executive claimed that majority of the hacked emails were of “extremely sensitive” nature and “of substantial financial value”, owing to the fact that most of the company’s solutions are customised for the agencies served. Third-party company: ELCOM Innovations.

Technical Details

Initial Attack Vector
Compromise of third-party service provider / vendor relationship
Vendor / Product
ELCOM Innovations
Supply Chain Attack
βœ… Confirmed third-party / vendor compromise

Timeline

  1. 2021-01-01 Breach occurred
  2. 2020-12-15 Publicly disclosed