Richi Jennings<p>Chinese company takes over widely used free web service—almost 400,000 websites at risk.</p><p>Last week, we warned you to remove any dependencies on the <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Polyfill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Polyfill</span></a>.io web browser fallback service. It’s been taken over by malicious actors and is being used in <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/SupplyChain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupplyChain</span></a> attacks, say researchers.</p><p>This week brings more research, showing the problem’s almost four times as big as we thought. And major public websites are still using it—including government services.</p><p>It’s quite a worry. In <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/SBBlogwatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SBBlogwatch</span></a>, we daren’t even breathe on this house of cards. At @TechstrongGroup’s @SecurityBlvd: <a href="https://securityboulevard.com/2024/07/polyfill-supply-chain-richixb/?utm_source=richisoc&utm_medium=social&utm_content=richisoc&utm_campaign=richisoc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">securityboulevard.com/2024/07/</span><span class="invisible">polyfill-supply-chain-richixb/?utm_source=richisoc&utm_medium=social&utm_content=richisoc&utm_campaign=richisoc</span></a></p>