Brace Yourself: 2025’s NHI Cyber Attacks Are Coming!
As we wave goodbye to 2024, NHI attacks are waving back with a smirk. Non-human identity mischief-makers unleashed chaos, from hacking Adobe Commerce to breaching the US Treasury. With momentum like this, 2025 looks like it’s ready to be a blockbuster year for machine-to-machine identity theft. Stay vigilant, folks!
Hot Take:
Brace yourselves, 2025: The machines are revolting, and it’s not because they’ve been programmed to hate Mondays. From the looks of it, your blender might just be plotting world domination if we’re not careful with machine-to-machine credentials. So, maybe unplug it at night?
Key Points:
- Non-human identity (NHI) attacks have escalated dramatically, with significant breaches reported in 2024.
- Cloudflare suffered a major breach due to NHI mismanagement, leading to a massive operational overhaul.
- The New York Times experienced a source code leak from their GitHub repository, sparking cybersecurity concerns.
- High-profile NHI breaches in Adobe Commerce, AWS, and Microsoft Azure highlighted widespread vulnerabilities.
- Chinese threat actors exploited NHIs to breach the US Treasury, underscoring the severity of the threat.
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