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Inside The Vercel Supply Chain Exploit

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Cybersecurity Today
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Apr 24, 2026
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Summary

Inside the Vercel Breach: Highlighting OAuth Token Risk In a special edition of Cybersecurity Today, host Jim Love and guest Jamie Blasco (CTO, Nudge Security) discuss Vercel, a major developer hosting platform, and a breach tied to OAuth grants and shadow AI. Reporting shared by Contrast Security's David Lindner describes how a Context AI employee downloaded Roblox AutoFarm scripts, got infected with an info stealer, and attackers harvested credentials, compromised Context AI, then used an over-permissioned OAuth token from a Vercel employee who had signed up to Context AI with an enterprise account and clicked "allow all," with Vercel working with Mandiant on a breach allegedly being sold for $2 million. The episode emphasizes that MFA may not mitigate OAuth abuse, urges admin-managed consent, continuous inventory and auditing of OAuth grants, and better visibility into risky third-party app access across Google Workspace and Microsoft 365. Cybersecurity Today would like to thank Meter for their support in bringing you this podcast. Meter delivers a complete networking stack, wired, wireless and cellular in one integrated solution that's built for performance and scale. You can find them at Meter.com/cst 00:00 Special Edition Intro 00:14 Sponsor Message Meter 00:33 Supply Chain Hack Setup 01:16 Breach Seen In Wild 02:36 Meet Jamie Blasko 02:56 Who Is Vercel 04:34 How The Breach Happened 05:58 Context AI And Shadow IT 07:58 OAuth Controls And Audits 09:11 Impact And Open Questions 11:24 Why MFA Falls Short 12:22 Where To Get Help 14:07 Host Takeaways OAuth Risk 14:53 What To Do Next 16:06 Wrap Up And Feedback 16:42 Sponsor Close Meter 17:24 Final Sign Off