Blue Yonder Ransomware Attack Affects Supermarkets And StarBucks.
The Heightened Risk That Organizations Face During The Hectic Holiday Season Is Highlighted By A Disruptive Ransomware Attack On Blue Yonder.
Blue Yonder, a supply chain management software provider for major retailers, consumer product companies, and manufacturers, face a high risk of Ransomware attacks. The attack occurred on November 21 and affected infrastructure that Blue Yonder uses to host a variety of managed services for it's consumers, which includes 76 of the top 100 retailers, 64 of the top 100 consumer product goods makers, and 46 of the top 100 manufacturers worldwide.
PROVIDING AN OPENING FOR CYBER ATTACKS
According to Jeff Wichman, head of incident response at semperis, " many Organizations are unwittingly opening a door to Ransomware by reducing their defenses during weekends and holidays. Despite widespread cybersecurity efforts." Attackers obviously anticipate this behaviour and target these times, along with other significant business events that could indicate weakened or distracted defenses, in order to launch an attack.
IMPACT OF THE BLUE YONDER ATTACK
As with previous significant supply chain attacks in recent years, such as those against WordPress, Kaseya, PolyFill.io, and progress software's MoVeit file transfer software, the consequences of the Blue Yonder attack are comparable. Each time, the attackers' threat actors were able to affect a large number of enterprises by focusing on a single reliable participant in the software supply chain.
