IT now stands for Intermediate Targets: Tech providers pwned by snoops eyeing up customers – report
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/09/19/it_supply_chain_attack/
Miscreants are hacking into Saudi Arabian IT providers in an attempt to compromise their real targets: said providers' customers, according to Symantec.
The security software giant said this week its attack investigation team has observed the cyber-gang, dubbed Tortoiseshell, infiltrating the networks of off-premises cloud businesses and tech suppliers in the hope of gaining access to their users, and siphon off data, spy, and do other mischief