Supply chain
β Supply Chain
Defence Forces, Para Military Forces and Intelligence Agencies of India Third-Party Breach (January 2021)
Primary Source βIncident 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
- β Confirmed third-party / vendor compromise
Timeline
- 2021-01-01 Breach occurred
- 2020-12-15 Publicly disclosed