Hacker group claims to have stolen 60 GB data from missile systems company MBDS, which makes the Meteor missiles used in the Rafale and Belharra
A hacking case of particular interest to 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 missile development and manufacturing company that was its result mergeof the main French, British and Italian rocket 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 the stolen data included information about the company's 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.
Τα ληφθέντα δεδομένα περιέχουν εμπιστευτικές και απόρρητες πληροφορίες για τους υπαλλήλους της εταιρείας σας, οι οποίοι συμμετείχαν στην ανάπτυξη απόρρητων στρατιωτικών έργων της MBDA (PLANCTON, CRONOS, CA SIRIUS, EMADS, MCDS, B1NT κ.λπ..) και σχετικά με τις εμπορικές δραστηριότητες της εταιρείας σας προς το συμφέρον του Υπουργείου Άμυνας της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης (τεκμηρίωση σχεδιασμού αεράμυνας, πυραυλικά συστήματα και συστήματα προστασίας ακτών, σχέδια, presentation, video and photo material (3D), συμβάσεις και αλληλογραφία με άλλες εταιρείες 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.
