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Secure World by Bruce Sussman 4/14/2020

It's a third-party ransomware attack that now has documents from Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and SpaceX published for the world to see.

And this case is another example of what experts are calling nuclear ransomware.

Defense and space firms documents leaked in ransomware attack


The attack hit Visser, a manufacturing and design contractor for a number of prominent aerospace and defense companies. Here is how things unfolded, according to The Register:

"The data was pilfered and dumped on the internet by the criminals behind the DoppelPaymer Windows ransomware, in retaliation for an unpaid extortion demand. The sensitive documents include details of Lockheed-Martin-designed military equipment—such as the specifications for an antenna in an anti-mortar defense system—according to a Register source who alerted us to the blueprints.

More: https://www.secureworldexpo.com/industry-news/boeing-lockheed-martin-spacex-ransomware-victims