How One Breach Triggers Many in Supply Chain Attacks

Supply chain attacks are reshaping the modern cyber threat landscape by exploiting trusted vendors, SaaS platforms, open source dependencies, and OAuth integrations. Instead of targeting organizations directly, attackers use these relationships to gain inherited access that can quietly spread across connected systems. What may appear as separate incidents such as phishing, ransomware, malware, or data breaches are often linked stages of a broader supply chain driven attack.

The session examines how stolen tokens, API keys, and service accounts allow threat actors to move laterally across trusted environments while appearing as legitimate users. It highlights how compromised access can extend across multiple organizations and why understanding these connections is critical to identifying and containing supply chain attacks.