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US defence firm Lockheed Martin hit by cyber-attack
US defence firm Lockheed Martin says it has come under a significant cyber-attack, which took place last week.
Few details were available, but Lockheed said its security team had detected the threat quickly and ensured that none of its programmes had been compromised.
The Pentagon said it is working to establish the extent of the breach.
Lockheed makes fighter jets, warships and multi-billion dollar weapons systems sold worldwide.
Lt Col April Cunningham, speaking for the US defence department, said the impact on the Pentagon was "minimal and we don't expect any adverse effect".
Lockheed Martin said in a statement that it detected the attack on 21 May "almost immediately" and took counter-measures.
As a result, the company said, "our systems remain secure; no customer, program or employee personal data has been compromised".
But they are still working to restore employee access several days after the attack took place.
Lockheed Martin is the world's biggest aerospace company and makes F-16, F-22 and F-35 fighter jets as well as warships.
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Lockheed Martin thwarts cyber-attack
Company says no customer, employee or programme data was accessed
By Georgina Enzer
Published May 29, 2011 The US government's top IT provider, Lockheed Martin, has revealed that was the victim of ‘a significant and tenacious attack' on its information systems network last week. The company managed to stop the attack before any serious damage was caused, but is still working on restoring employee access, according to Reuters.
Lockheed Martin said that no customer, programme or employee personal data was compromised thanks to instantaneous reactions to the attempted intrusion on 21st May. Jennifer Whitlow, a company spokeswoman told Reuters that the company was working 24 hours-a-day to restore employee access to the network.
Lockheed Martin is the world's biggest aerospace company and the Pentagon's No 1 supplier by sales.
The company is working with the US Defence Department to determine the scope of the attack and curb any fall-out from the incident.
There has so far been no word on where the attack originated.
Lockheed Martin is the maker of the F-16, F-22 and F-35 fighter jets as well as warships and other multibillion-dollar arms systems sold globally.
US defence firm Lockheed Martin says it has come under a significant cyber-attack, which took place last week.
Few details were available, but Lockheed said its security team had detected the threat quickly and ensured that none of its programmes had been compromised.
The Pentagon said it is working to establish the extent of the breach.
Lockheed makes fighter jets, warships and multi-billion dollar weapons systems sold worldwide.
Lt Col April Cunningham, speaking for the US defence department, said the impact on the Pentagon was "minimal and we don't expect any adverse effect".
Lockheed Martin said in a statement that it detected the attack on 21 May "almost immediately" and took counter-measures.
As a result, the company said, "our systems remain secure; no customer, program or employee personal data has been compromised".
But they are still working to restore employee access several days after the attack took place.
Lockheed Martin is the world's biggest aerospace company and makes F-16, F-22 and F-35 fighter jets as well as warships.
---------- Post added at 02:52 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:51 PM ----------
Lockheed Martin thwarts cyber-attack
Company says no customer, employee or programme data was accessed
By Georgina Enzer
Published May 29, 2011 The US government's top IT provider, Lockheed Martin, has revealed that was the victim of ‘a significant and tenacious attack' on its information systems network last week. The company managed to stop the attack before any serious damage was caused, but is still working on restoring employee access, according to Reuters.
Lockheed Martin said that no customer, programme or employee personal data was compromised thanks to instantaneous reactions to the attempted intrusion on 21st May. Jennifer Whitlow, a company spokeswoman told Reuters that the company was working 24 hours-a-day to restore employee access to the network.
Lockheed Martin is the world's biggest aerospace company and the Pentagon's No 1 supplier by sales.
The company is working with the US Defence Department to determine the scope of the attack and curb any fall-out from the incident.
There has so far been no word on where the attack originated.
Lockheed Martin is the maker of the F-16, F-22 and F-35 fighter jets as well as warships and other multibillion-dollar arms systems sold globally.
