The discovery highlights how obscure companies can have an outsize impact on supply chain security.

Advent International now is negotiating an "alternative" deal, the firm says.

The deal is expected to close in the second quarter of this year.

Enterprises are facing a tough choice: patch a system and break a warranty or leave a vulnerability to be fixed by an equipment manufacturer?

Ultimately, it is a conversation about risk, and more specifically, how much risk is an organization willing to assume.

There are secure versions of data-transfer protocols used by the cameras, but they are rarely implemented.