Hacker group claims to have stolen 60GB of data from missile systems company MBDS, which makes the Meteor missiles used in the Rafale and Belharra
A case hacking with special interest in Greece appeared on the internet. A group of hackers with the nickname Adrastea and who describe themselves as a group of independent experts and researchers in the field of cyber security, claim to have breached the company MBDA.
MBDA is a European multinational development company and constructionof missiles which was the result of the merger of the main French, British and Italian missile systems companies (Aérospatiale – Matra, BAE Systems and Finmeccanica (now Leonardo)). The name MBDA comes from the initial of the names of rocket companies: Matra, BAe Dynamics and Alenia.
The attackers said they were stolen data include information about company employees involved in military projects, commercial activities, contract agreements and correspondence with other companies.
We read in Adrastea's message:
"Hello! We are "Adrastea" – a group of independent cyber security experts and researchers. We found critical vulnerabilities in your network infrastructure and gained access to company files and confidential data. Currently, the amount of downloaded data is about 60 GB.
The received data contains confidential and classified information about your company's employees, who participated in the development of MBDA's classified military projects (PLANCTON, CRONOS, CA SIRIUS, EMADS, MCDS, B1NT, etc..) and about commercial activities of your company in the interest of its Ministry of Defence Europeanof the Union (air defense design documentation, missile systems and coastal defense systems, drawings, presentation, video and photographic material (3D), contracts and correspondence with other companies Rampini Carlo, Netcomgroup, Rafael, Thales, ST Electronics, etc.)'.
As proof of the hack, Adrastea provided a link to a code-protected file, which contains internal documents related to the company's projects and correspondence.
MBDA published on August 1st a press release claiming that its systems have not been breached.
The data, according to MBDA, was obtained from an external hard drive and there was no breach of corporate networks. At present, the company's internal verification procedures indicate that the data made available online is neither classified nor sensitive.
