Hackers may have a successful attack run on Acal BFi, a European supplier of the army. They obtained access to the extranet and sent mails to employees, which may contain malware.
Attackers from outside would be via the extranet of Acal BFi e-mails to employees have sent. This is clear from internal correspondence of Friday afternoon, that Tweakers.net in his hands. “As far as we know, there will be no more emails sent. We are currently working on measures to prevent another attack can occur,” writes one manager in an email that at a quarter past three was sent. The extranet would los have been of the internal working environment.
It comes to a targeted attack on the company, according to the internal correspondence. It is unknown whether the mails contain malware, or that there is another reason why employees were being spammed. The first is, however, likely; it is obvious that attackers via the extranet access to the pc’s of employees were trying to get. The sending of mails with malware is an often used method in order for a company to break in. Including security company RSA was the victim of such an attack.
The company assures its employees that their private data are safe, but also information about customers, is uncertain. The site of Acal BFi is at the time of writing is unreachable; it is unknown whether the site by the attackers is shut down or by the company itself, to prevent worse.
Acal BFi is a large importer of electronics, such as sensors, magnets, power units and mechanical equipment. The company supplies companies such as the NS, Shell and ASML, but also to the army. A part of the Acal BFi equipment supplied would be used for rakettests, making it an interesting target for hackers. The company is in a large number of European countries, except in the Netherlands and Belgium also in Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom.
The company will request, do not confirm the victim of a hack. At the Dutch office is nobody on the news wants to respond. A British marketing employee of the company broke the connection after questions of Tweakers.net.