Hacker News AIT2·72 pts
- Attackers never breached targets directly; they reused Qubole's legacy credentials and standing roles once granted by each company to exfiltrate data
- Cloud environments are full of non-human identities (vendor integrations, automation, AI agents) holding long-lived access to sensitive data with little monitoring
- Sentra identified the supply chain campaign within 24 hours, underscoring the need for continuous auditing of forgotten third-party identities