European aerospace missile manufacturer MBDA has denied the Andrastea hacker group’s statement about hacking its database and gaining access to 60GB of data, including information about employees and developments. the magazine reports information security.
Quoting the company, the magazine said, “MBDA denies allegation that the company’s information systems have been ‘hacked’ and has filed a police report alleging that it attempted to blackmail the company.”
The company claims that the database was not hacked and that “some files” that got into the hackers were taken from an external hard drive.
In addition, MBDA said that Italian national authorities have launched an investigation into the incident.
Previously reportedUnknown hackers acting under the pseudonym Adrastea hacked the database of the European manufacturer of aircraft and ship missiles MBDA, which was formed as a result of the merger of French Aérospatiale-Matra Missiles, British Matra BAe Dynamics and Italian Finmeccanica. Leonardo.
The attacker’s message to gain access to the company’s network appeared on one of the forums. As proof, a link to an archive with demo files is included.
The hacker estimated the total amount of data stolen at 60GB. According to him, they contain information about the company’s employees involved in military projects and commercial activities, contract agreements and correspondence with other companies.