Tannen, it's got the code. It's going to launch.

It's a unit system. I know this.

It's all the files of the whole park. It tells her everything.

Sir, he's uploading the virus.

Eagle one.

The package is being delivered.

Imagine if hackers could slip malware into an automatic update to your computer,

sneaking a backdoor into your machine through a trusted channel.

Well, that's exactly what happened last year to thousands of people.

Cybersecurity pros have long warned of the perils of so-called supply chain attacks.

In these types of attacks, hackers compromise the computer's hardware at the factory,

or poison a software update from a manufacturer, tricking victims into installing malware.

Last week, motherboard contributor Kim Zetter revealed one of the largest and scariest supply chain

hacks in recent memory. Hackers broke into the servers of Taiwanese computer maker, ASIS.

They then pushed out a malicious update to thousands of people.

According to Kaspersky Lab researchers who uncovered the attack,

around half a million Windows computers received the update,

but the hackers only targeted about 600 of those systems.

It's not the first, and it won't be the last hack of this kind.

Kim is here today with us to talk about this brazen supply chain attack

and how these kinds of attacks have evolved in the last few years. I'm Ben Maku, and this is

Cyber. Okay, so Kim, very important question. ASIS or ASUS? I don't know. I'm hoping you know.

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