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The Caribbean Supply Chain Cyber Attack: Why Your Vendors Are Your Biggest Security Blindspot (And What To Do About It)
February 9, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown
A Caribbean manufacturer discovers unauthorized data access. Investigation reveals: Attacker didn’t breach the company’s systems directly. They compromised the company’s IT support vendor—who had remote access to internal systems for “maintenance and troubleshooting.” Vendor’s security: No multi-factor authentication on admin accounts Weak passwords (“Support2023!”) No endpoint protection on technician laptops Single shared admin credential (used...
