Sarah Cleveland, a former US Air Force cyber officer, expresses concerns about the increasing threat of supply-chain attacks from adversarial nations like China. She highlights her personal response to these threats by installing solar panels to secure her energy sources amid possible disruptions. Cleveland notes that nation-state hacking has evolved from data stealing to actively manipulating systems and disrupting critical infrastructure. She emphasizes the expanding attack surface due to third-party vendors and the potential for significant damage if these external entities are compromised, citing recent example attacks from groups like Silk Typhoon and Salt Typhoon.
Because what if the electric grid goes down?
Nation-state hacking has become more in your face.
What makes these attacks so insidious is that the attack surface, like critical infrastructure, has expanded and exploded.
If any of those external entities are compromised, it opens up so many avenues to cause significant damage downstream.
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