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The ServiceNow API breach this week highlights a category of platform that organisations consistently underestimate as an attack target: IT Service Management tools. ITSM platforms aggregate privileged information about the organisation's infrastructure, credentials, and operational processes — making them a high-value target and a high-consequence breach.
The ServiceNow API breach is the latest confirmation that IT Service Management platforms are among the highest-value targets in the enterprise. They contain everything an attacker needs to plan a targeted intrusion: network topology, patch status, change windows, and credentials. The industry's classification of these platforms as 'IT operations tools' rather than 'sensitive data repositories' is a governance error with real consequences.
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