Kaseya Software Hack Highlights Small Business Security Squeeze

A hack targeting software made by Kaseya Ltd. shows how damaging supply chain attacks can be for small and medium-sized businesses that often outsource their information technology support.

Rather than maintaining an in-house IT function, these businesses usually hire consultants known as managed service providers. Kaseya makes software that the service providers use, and that allowed the cyberattack to ripple through the IT supply chain.

“The way this attack has played out really demonstrates the particular challenges for small and medium-sized businesses,” said April Falcon Doss, executive director of the Georgetown Institute for Technology Law and Policy. Doss is a ...