Hackers have over 24,000 documents captured from a network of a company that is in command of the department of defense works. A part was very sensitive. The Pentagon comes now with a new security strategy.
In an attack on a military company in march, hackers and 24,000 documents ontfutseld. That has the American secretary of defense William Lynn said Thursday it. Lynn did not say which company it was, but there would be under other documents about aircraft and satellite systems, network security protocols and technologies for surveillance are captured.
As possible goes to defence firm Lockheed Martin, which is known to be vulnerable now. That problems arose after hackers had access obtained to the network of security firm RSA, and therefore documents about the functioning of the SecurID sleutelgenerators could city. The attack on RSA systems was held in march; the same month in which the defensiedocumenten are stolen.
The Pentagon does not indicate who was behind the attack, but it is thought to be to a foreign power. Is it possible that China or Russia are behind the attack; those countries are the United States frequently accused hackaanvallen to perform.
The U.S. fear that, over time, also terrorist groups this kind of attacks, and therefore have a new cyber-security strategy as presented. The Pentagon reiterated that the ‘military strength’ can respond to cyber threats. Said earlier the ministry that such threats can be perceived as ‘act of war’.