Defence and aerospace business large Lockheed Martin is as soon as once more within the crosshairs of a pro-Iran menace actor, with the Handala hacking group delivering a 48-hour deadline to answer its claims of an employee-focused information breach.
“We, the Handala Hack, have at this time initiated a brand new section of Operation Lockheed Martin,” the hackers stated in a March 26 replace to a number of of its web sites, each on the clear and darkish webs.
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“We now possess the entire information of 28 senior American engineers primarily based within the occupied territories and concerned in army initiatives – together with names, identification numbers, passports, locations of residence, and repair bases. All of this data has been leaked.”
True to its phrase, Handala has printed a list of the staff, which incorporates all the information as marketed. Alongside this doc are passport scans that look like reputable and match as much as LinkedIn profiles of Lockheed Martin senior employees.
Handala additionally stated it has been involved with a number of of the employees.
“In current hours, we’ve established contact with a few of them to show simply how fragile digital obstacles will be. From conversations about their every day pursuits to atypical particulars of their lives, all was achieved to point out that ‘privateness’ is merely a phrase in a ebook, not a actuality,” Handala stated.
“We known as them and advised them the place they dwell, the names of their youngsters, their favourite meals, their weekend actions, and the areas of their households’ residences in the USA.”
The named Lockheed Martin workers have been given a deadline of 48 hours to “stop cooperation with the Zionist regime and depart the occupied territories instantly”.
If the employees fail to depart, Handala has stated their properties will develop into “missile targets”. The hackers have additionally threatened members of the family at the moment residing in the USA.
A Lockheed Martin spokesperson advised Australian Aviation sister publication Cyber Each day the corporate is conscious of Handala’s claims.
“Lockheed Martin continues to hold out its mission-critical work in assist of American and allied warfighters around the globe,” the spokesperson stated.
“We’re conscious of the experiences and have insurance policies and procedures in place to mitigate cyber threats to our enterprise. We’re assured in our strong, multi-layered data programs and information safety and proceed to actively monitor and shield our networks.”
This incident is the second alleged breach of Lockheed Martin this week, with the APT-Iran group boasting that it had compromised technical documentation associated to the F-35 fifth-generation fighter.
The corporate, nevertheless, denied these allegations, telling Cyber Each day, “There isn’t a proof indicating these experiences are correct”.
Not so seized
The Handala group was within the headlines final week, after the US Division of Justice revealed it had seized a number of of the hacking group’s internet domains.
“Iran thought they may disguise behind pretend web sites and keyboard threats to terrorise Individuals and silence dissidents,” FBI Director Kash Patel stated in a March 19 assertion.
“We took down 4 of their operation’s pillars, and we’re not achieved. This FBI will search out each actor behind these cowardly demise threats and cyber assaults and can carry the complete drive of American regulation enforcement down on them.”
