Threat Intelligence Supply Chain Is Full Of Weak Links, Researchers Find
The Register, Wednesday, February 25th, 2026
And they're being stressed by geopolitical concerns that threaten to slow important data-sharing efforts
Researchers from Georgia Tech have found that the supply chain for threat intelligence data is susceptible to adversarial action, and proposed a method to improve data sharing that they think will make it stronger.
Brenden Kuerbis, a research scientist at the Georgia Tech's School of Public Policy sketched the proposal on Monday by noting that in January 2026, China appeared to ban security software developed by some US and Israeli firms - probably because it fears data leakage if local firms use the foreign software.