"NATO Investigates Dark Web Leak of Data Stolen from Missile Vendor"
NATO is investigating the leak of data allegedly stolen from a European missile systems firm and sold on the Dark Web by hackers. The leaked data includes weapon blueprints used by Ukraine in its current conflict with Russia. MBDA Missile Systems, a French integrated defense company, has admitted that data from its systems is part of the cache being sold by threat actors on hacker forums following what appears to be a ransomware attack. According to MBDA, none of the leaked data is classified information, contrary to what the threat actors claim in their advertisements on the forums. The company went on to say that the data was obtained from a compromised external hard drive rather than its internal networks. Meanwhile, NATO is investigating claims involving data allegedly stolen from MBDA. An official stated that there is no evidence that any NATO network has been compromised. In a post on its website in early August, MBDA acknowledged that it was the target of a blackmail attempt by a criminal group falsely claiming to have hacked the company's information networks. According to the post, the company refused to pay the ransom, so the data was leaked for sale online. According to the BBC, which broke the news about the NATO investigation, threat actors are selling 80 GB of stolen data for 15 bitcoins, or about $297,279, on both Russian and English-language forums. Cybercriminals claim to have already sold data to at least one buyer. NATO is looking into one of the firm's suppliers as a possible source of the breach. AirBus, BAE Systems, and Leonardo are the three major shareholders in MBDA. Though the company is based in Europe, it has subsidiaries all over the world, including MBDA Missile Systems in the US. The company is collaborating with authorities in Italy, where the incident occurred. This article continues to discuss NATO's investigation of a leak of data supposedly stolen from a European missile systems firm.
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