Vulnerable Corporate Areas

Uwe Wolff
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Uwe Wolff: NAIMA Strategic Legal Services GmbH, Lectures, Seminars

Chapter 10 in Disinformation Attacks On Businesses, 2026, pp 103-113 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter demonstrates that particularly large, global, and complex companies present numerous points of attack, ranging from core business to supply chains and subsidiaries. It shows how compliance requirements—and especially ESG standards—serve as ideal triggers due to their moral connotations. The chapter explains how disinformation actors deliberately exploit the journalistic leeway of suspicion reporting by preparing “researchable” suspicion narratives as media-ready pitches. It also addresses the timing of disinformation attacks, which are especially effective during periods of upheaval, product launches, seasonal peaks, or crises, when attention and defensive capacities are stretched. Finally, the author maps the most important vulnerable areas—production processes, product quality/services, workforce and recruitment, leadership/finance, and suppliers—and illustrates their interdependencies.

Date: 2026
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-51407-5_10

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