The Shadow Play of Supply Chain Hacking: What Google's Undercover Operation Reveals The recent takedown of TeamPCP, a notorious supply chain hacking gang, has shed light on a disturbing trend in cybercrime.
Over 1,000 companies were breached by the group, and what's striking is not just their brazenness or sheer scale, but also that Google had an undercover analyst embedded within the group from almost the beginning.
Google's researcher managed to gain the trust of TeamPCP's inner circle through a series of clandestine meetings and online interactions.