Why was this predicted a year ago by NGOs [1]? Do they have some special insight into this that cyber security specialists didn't? Are these kinds of supply-chain attacks at this scale new, or newly enabled? Is this a technically impressive attack, or is this just a bunch of backdoors?
Quotes below are from a different article from a source that HN won't let me post. Looks like only conspiracy theory sites are applying any scrutiny to this.
> "The simulation, called Cyber Polygon 2021, was announced by Russia’s largest state-run bank Sberbank in February.
> “The key message voiced by experts at WEF and other international platforms is that supply chain security is to become a major cybersecurity issue in 2021,” Sberbank stated. "
always thougt this to be an attempt to tap into a wider market, but maybe this is the next step after making the main target less attractive for attackers
[1] https://unlimitedhangout.com/2021/02/investigative-reports/f...
Quotes below are from a different article from a source that HN won't let me post. Looks like only conspiracy theory sites are applying any scrutiny to this.
> "The simulation, called Cyber Polygon 2021, was announced by Russia’s largest state-run bank Sberbank in February.
> “The key message voiced by experts at WEF and other international platforms is that supply chain security is to become a major cybersecurity issue in 2021,” Sberbank stated. "