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‘Foreign government’ hackers steal secret Pentagon plans

Jul

2011

The US Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn has revealed that a foreign intelligence agency was behind a hack attack that stole classified information about a top secret weapons system. According to Aviation Week, the weapons system, which is under development, might have to be redesigned after the files were stolen from a military contractor’s computer […]

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Strike three: Speculation rises that another US military contractor hit by hackers

Jun

2011

Fox News is reporting that US military contractor Northrop Grumman may have suffered a hacking attack on its networks. If true, the defense giant will be joining the likes of L-3 Communications and Lockheed Martin who have both been targeted in recent weeks by cyber attacks. According to Fox News, Northrop Grumman unexpectedly shut down […]

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L-3 defense supplier targeted in RSA SecurID hack attack, report claims

Jun

2011

US military contractor L-3 Communications, whose customers include the US Department of Defense, has been named in a news report as having been targeted in attacks by external hackers. According to reports, L-3 warned 5,000 employees in April about an attempted hack against the company’s network using forged RSA SecurID tokens. The claim, by Wired […]

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