Press Release – Advantage Some of the most significant cybersecurity breaches this year have been supply chain related. SolarWinds, Accellion, Hafnium, and most recently – the Kaseya attack. By Steve Smith, Auckland Manager of Advantage Limited Supply chain risk is a hot topic today. Some of the most significant cybersecurity breaches this year have been supply chain related. SolarWinds, Accellion, Hafnium, and most recently – the Kaseya attack. Why now? Supply chain risk = third-party risk. The COVID-19 pandemic forced companies to transition to a remote workforce, where security and IT teams could not do their ‘usual’ due diligence – particularly around onboarding third-parties. As a result, nefarious actors (aka – hackers) took full advantage. In the U.S., the FBI reported a 500% increase in cyber-attacks in the first months of the lockdown in 2020.