Asus was recently a claimed target of a ransomware group called Everest, which said it had managed to get hold of the hardware manufacturer's phones' "camera source code." Asus, however, is saying the group has hacked one of its suppliers , not Asus itself.

The company says: "An Asus supplier was hacked. This affected some of the camera source code for Asus phones. This incident has not impacted Asus products, internal company systems, or user privacy. Asus continues to strengthen supply chain security in compliance with cybersecurity standards."

Supply chain security might not be one of the first things we think of when we think of cybersecurity, but in increasingly interdependent markets, perhaps it should be.

In fact, the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) recently added "

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