Google Warns of 'Relentless' Cyber Siege on Defense Industry
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Google reports a relentless cyber siege on the defense industry, with attacks expanding beyond espionage to include supply-chain infiltration and battlefield-adjacent operations, driven by state actors like China and Russia.
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Source: Gov Info Security
Cyberthreats targeting the defense industrial base are expanding beyond traditional espionage into supply-chain attacks, workforce infiltration and battlefield-adjacent cyber operations, according to a new threat intelligence report published this week by Google. Google's Threat Intelligence Group describes a "relentless barrage" of cyber operations against defense contractors, aerospace firms and manufacturing suppliers supporting military capabilities, driven in large part by Chinese, Russian, Iranian and North Korean threat actors. The expanded operations targeting the U.S. defense industrial base come as geopolitical conflicts have increasingly featured campaigns targeting commercial supply chains and contractor networks. Full Story