Quick Hits: Grainger Gets Hacked, And A Handful Of Acquisitions

In this latest ID Quick Hits episode, editor Mike Hockett recaps news of Grainger's inventory servers being hacked by a former contractor who was arrested Dec. 13, as well as a number of industrial distributor and supplier acquisitions announced over the past week.

Mike Hockett
Dec 21, 2017

In this latest ID Quick Hits episode, editor Mike Hockett recaps news of Grainger's inventory servers being hacked by a former contractor who was arrested Dec. 13, as well as a number of industrial distributor and supplier acquisitions announced over the past week.

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