
30 Aug 2025
Why Are Cybercriminals Treating the Supply Chain Industry Like an Open Door to Fraud and Cybersecurity Catastrophe?
What if I told you your most trusted vendor holds the digital skeleton key to your entire platform’s downfall?
The supply chain industry lives on the razor’s edge of efficiency and exposure, every connected supplier, every shared credential, every device fingerprint is a potential gateway for fraud, account takeover, bot‑driven abuse, or worse
Neglect cybersecurity here and you're not just risking a breach, you're risking devastating operational collapse, catastrophic financial loss, and irreversible reputational damage
Here’s what the numbers say:
81 % of organizations suffered supply chain cyber breaches in the past year, averaging 3.7 incidents each.
Software supply chain attacks are set to cost businesses $60 billion globally in 2025 and balloon to $138 billion by 2031.
In early 2025, supply chain attacks compromised the data of over 78 million people, and 52 % of chief supply chain officers report cyber‑driven disruptions reports.
The UK’s Marks & Spencer lost £300 million in operating profits and saw £750 million wiped off market value, all from a breach in a third‑party supplier via social engineering, a human mistake, not a glitch.
Let that sink in: the numbers aren’t just shocking, they’re a call to rewire how we think about supply chain defense
Cross Classify already protects supply chain platforms against the full spectrum of fraud and cybersecurity threats. Our tested, battle-ready solution is built for platform holders who refuse to let their weakest link define their fate
Explore how Cross Classify arms supply chain platforms with battle-tested defenses against account takeover, account opening fraud, bot abuse, device fingerprinting, and more.
Solution overview here
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