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To keep up with high demands for thousands of businesses, global supply chains have become more dependent on technology. Becoming more dependent on technology equals a greater risk of being exposed to evolving cyber threats. One of the biggest hurdles for cybersecurity is the huddled mindset that if it is not directly happening in my backyard, then it doesn’t apply to me. In 2025 alone, this has become a pivotal year, where the need for businesses to implement cybersecurity is no longer optional, but essential to staying safe.
While Ekaru’s core principles are to be knowledgeable and helpful, we want what is best for our clients. To have their best foot forward in any case of an emergency. However, emergencies happen outside of a business’ control, or before they reach customers in the process of raw material, supplier, manufacturing, distribution to customer chain. What would happen if your business was delayed in receiving products, services, and important operational tools that need to be installed for clients? Of course, unprecedented delays would occur that could also affect people’s livelihood and businesses’ credibility.
We’re going to look at some examples within 2025 that make this a pivotal year for cybersecurity supply chain attacks.
According to the 2025 Software Supply Chain Security Report (SSCSR), “AI’s explosive growth in the enterprise and the growing reliance of software development organizations on AI-generated code was accompanied by increased AI and ML supply chain cyberthreats, as malicious actors look to infiltrate widely used AI ecosystems.”
Some examples of infiltrated supply chain cybersecurity incidents are Masimo Corporation cyber-attack causing medical equipment orders to be delayed, cyberattacks targeting the U.S. oil/natural gas sectors, and the Oracle Cloud breach where thousands of peoples data had been exposed.
Unprecedented Delays of Medical Technology for Customers
California-based medical technology giant of consumer electronics, Masimo corporation confirmed a cybersecurity incident that occurred on April 27, 2025. Masimo Corporation is best known for its patient monitoring products, brain function monitors, gas and remote patient monitoring platforms. This cyber incident is causing significant disruptions in production operations working at lower levels than usual, and hindering the company’s ability in processing, fulfilling, and shipping orders in a timely manner. As a direct result, the company has been forced to temporarily shut down certain systems, leading to significant delays that are impacting Masimo Corporations reputation in the medical field.
While Masimo has been working diligently to resolve their affected networks, they believe the incident was isolated and did not infiltrate its cloud-based structure. While this incident is still underway, Masimo Corporation is working alongside cybersecurity specialists and has notified law enforcement to further grasp the severity of the situation. The impact extends beyond Masimo’s internal operations and into the broader healthcare and technology supply chains.
Affecting Healthcare in its Fast-Paced Environment
Multiple businesses rely on Masimo’s medical devices such as hospitals, clinics, and technology integrators. In an already fast-paced environment where it is common to experience staffing shortages, this temporary halting in fulfillment operations has significant consequences for staff and their patients: delayed shipments, postponed installations, and interruptions in patient care delivery.
With delays in deployment or replacements of these devices, it can hinder daily workflows, introduce risk to patient safety, and increase operational stress.
The Masimo Corporation Supply Chain incident is a sharp reminder of how interconnected the nature of cybersecurity risks are. Even when businesses maintain strong internal defenses, their reliance on third-party vendors creates an extended attack surface. When a supplier like Masimo is compromised, businesses may find themselves caught in the crossfire through delayed hardware rollouts, integration issues, or compliance risks.
As your local IT Cybersecurity ally, we want to ensure our clients have their best foot forward. In incidents like these, we help our clients specifically in the Healthcare field to proceed in enhancing their incident preparedness to ensure that business continuity and disaster recovery plans account for supply chain cyber threats. Along with proactive monitoring for any suspicious activity. Monitoring suspicious activity also leads to communicating proactively of keeping clients informed about potential delays and mitigation strategies related to affected technologies.
In today’s hyper-connected digital landscape, the security posture of your partners is just as important as your own. Our team at Ekaru sees incidents as this as an opportunity to reinforce the value of proactive security services and strategic risk management for clients navigating a rapidly evolving threat environment.
Operational Technology Disruptions on a Wider Scale
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an alert highlighting ongoing cyberattacks targeting the U.S. oil and natural gas sectors. For corporations who may not practice good cybersecurity hygiene, these attacks pose significant threats to industrial control systems (ICS) and operational technology (OT) equipment. Despite the simplicity of the methods, the compromised systems could lead to defacement, configuration changes, operational disruptions, and, in severe cases, physical damage. Threat actors are utilizing unsophisticated techniques such as brute-force attacks and exploiting default credentials to gain unauthorized access.
Implications for Businesses Dependent on Energy and Transportation
For businesses within the energy and transportation sectors, these cyber threats underscore the importance of robust cybersecurity measures. The potential for operational disruptions can lead to financial losses, reputational damage, and regulatory scrutiny.
While Ekaru does not usually work with very large industrial partners, it is still important to acknowledge larger energy based businesses affect all-sized businesses. For small businesses, we play a crucial role in safeguarding clients by implementing proactive security measures, conducting regular system audits, and ensuring that all systems are properly secured, to help mitigate the risks associated with these cyberattacks.
Oracle Caught in Another Infrastructure Crossfire
Global, leader in enterprise software and cloud computing, has confirmed with its users of a second cybersecurity incident in recent weeks. Oracle has confirmed a significant data incident affecting its systems and 6 million users, with the FBI currently investigating the incident. The incident involves an attack on unauthorized access to Oracle's infrastructure, from a vulnerability that was first detected in January 2025, leading to reports by March 2025 of the incident made by user with the name; ‘rose87168’. The attacker was able to access hundreds and thousands of exposed, sensitive data from their management databases such as personal and financial data.
Oracle Serves Many Businesses Affected
This incident underscores the critical importance of robust cybersecurity measures for businesses through cybersecurity training and proactive monitoring of systems. Organizations relying on Oracle's services like finance, government, and Healthcare may face increased risk of data exposure, which can lead to financial losses, reputational damage, and legal consequences.
IT service providers such as Ekaru play a crucial role in helping clients navigate the aftermath of such incidents. Their responsibilities include Assisting with an incident response team and identifying the breach's scope, implementing containment measures and enhancing security protocols to prevent future breaches to name a few.
The Oracle data incident is another important reminder of how intricate it is to keep your personal information safe and the additional steps you can take to protect yourself and your data.
Source: https://cyberinsider.com/oracle-finally-admits-to-data-breach-fbi-investigating/
The recent compromises of supply chain cyber-attacks serve as a stark reminder that even trusted components can become vectors for major security incidents. These threats don’t just impact developers; they ripple across entire organizations, exposing sensitive data, disrupting operations, and damaging reputations that may or unable to bounce back as a trusted business. Those relying on supply chains to provide technology to keep businesses afloat and keep operations functioning harmoniously, the risk is both real and growing.
That’s where we, the Ekaru team comes in. As your trusted IT partner, we specialize in proactive threat detection, rapid incident response, and securing your software supply chain from end to end. We understand that when an incident occurs, you need more than just support, you need expertise, speed, strategy, and a team that does not judge wanting to see you and your business succeed.
We help you restore systems quickly so you can get back to your scheduled operations and implement safeguards that run securely. Choosing us means choosing peace of mind, with a dedicated team that stands ready to protect what matters most: our client’s safety and cybersecurity hygiene.
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