The risk of End of Life equipment

End of Life (EoL) and End of Maintenance (EoM) being disregarded in real life leads to epic compromise of their customers in what they call a “one-two-punch”, first they had their info stolen, then held to ransom.

“Software company Accellion has released preliminary findings around the security incident that has stung some customers that used its 20-year-old File Transfer Appliance.”

https://www.inforisktoday.com/accellion-how-attackers-stole-data-ransomed-companies-a-16038?rf=2021-02-24_ENEWS_SUB_IR__Slot1_ART16038&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWlRBNVpEZ3hNalJsT1RObSIsInQiOiJ4Q1p1ZlBwMkdtSHVjRkVjekY1dnhCZjVZUE5leWlpNVE3WUF2ZXZpRDRsRG5nYjBRZVlHcWtHejJqK2p1cDM3c3VjUWdpUHdrMVR5YWZVN2FVRzgxaDBXemE2aVh3ZDV5MnVUWktTZ2lcL1B5bTFsYnVoenVCKzUyUWlndWlMazBPUXZaVkZBcjNIRkZZc1V3OFpQVkJnPT0ifQ%3D%3D