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	"plain_text": "Threat actor claims to have hacked manufacturer of missiles\r\nMBDA\r\nBy Pierluigi Paganini\r\nPublished: 2022-07-31 · Archived: 2026-04-05 12:44:02 UTC\r\nThreat actors that go online with the moniker Adrastea claim to have hacked the\r\nmultinational manufacturer of missiles MBDA.\r\nMBDA is a European multinational developer and manufacturer of missiles that was the result of the merger of\r\nthe main French, British and Italian missile systems companies (Aérospatiale–Matra, BAE Systems, and\r\nFinmeccanica (now Leonardo). The name MBDA comes from the initialism of the names missile\r\ncompanies: Matra, BAe Dynamics and Alenia.\r\nA threat actor that goes online with the moniker Adrastea, and that defines itself as a group of independent\r\ncybersecurity specialists and researchers, claims to have hacked MBDA.\r\nAdrastea said that they have found critical vulnerabilities in the company infrastructure and have stolen 60 GB of\r\nconfidential data.\r\nThe attackers said that the stolen data includes information about the employees of the company involved in\r\nmilitary projects, commercial activities, contract agreements and correspondence with other companies.\r\n“Hello! We are “Adrastea” – a group of independent specialists and researchers in the field of cybersecurity. We\r\nfound critical vulnerabilities in your network infrastructure and gained access to the company’s files and\r\nconfidential data. Currently, the volume of downloaded data is approximately 60 GB.” reads the adv published by\r\nthe group on a popular hacker forum. “The downloaded data contains confidential and closed information about\r\nhttps://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/133881/data-breach/mbda-alleged-data-breach.html\r\nPage 1 of 2\n\nthe employees of your company, which took part in the development of closed military projects of MBDA\r\n(PLANCTON, CRONOS, CA SIRIUS, EMADS, MCDS, B1NT etc.) and about the commercial activities of your\r\ncompany in the interests of the Ministry of Defense of the European Union (design documentation of the air\r\ndefense, missile systems and systems of coastal protection, drawings, presentation , video and photo (3D)\r\nmaterials, contract agreements and correspondence with other companies Rampini Carlo, Netcomgroup, Rafael,\r\nThales, ST Electronics etc.).”\r\nMBDA\r\nAs a proof of the hack Adrastea shared a link to a password-protected linked archive containing internal\r\ndocuments related to projects and correspondence.\r\nAt this time it is not clear if the threat actors have breached only one of the national divisions of the company, they\r\ndid not disclose details about the attack.\r\nUpdate: August 1 st, 2022\r\nMBDA published the following press release confirming that its systems were not hacked. The origin of the data\r\nhas already been ascertained, as they were acquired from an external hard drive. It has been confirmed that there\r\nhas been no violation and / or compromise of the corporate networks. At present, the company’s internal\r\nverification processes indicate that the data that has been made available online are neither classified nor sensitive.\r\nFollow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook\r\n[adrotate banner=”9″] [adrotate banner=”12″]\r\nPierluigi Paganini\r\n(SecurityAffairs – hacking, MBDA)\r\n[adrotate banner=”5″]\r\n[adrotate banner=”13″]\r\nSource: https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/133881/data-breach/mbda-alleged-data-breach.html\r\nhttps://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/133881/data-breach/mbda-alleged-data-breach.html\r\nPage 2 of 2",
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