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| Lockheed hit by 'significant and tenacious' cyber attack |
| 2011-05-29 |
| On Saturday, the Lockheed Martin Corp. said it detected and stopped "a significant and tenacious attack" on its information systems a week ago. Jennifer Whitlow, a Lockheed spokeswoman said, "As a result of the swift and deliberate actions taken to protect the network and increase IT security, our systems remain secure. No customer, program or employee personal data has been compromised." The Department of Homeland Security and the Defense Department have offered to help measure the scope of the incident involving the defense contractor. One person with direct knowledge of the event said Friday that unknown attackers had broken into sensitive networks of Lockheed Martin and several other U.S. military contractors. The hackers breached security systems designed to keep out intruders by producing duplicate electronic keys, said the same source. The Defense Department called the effect of the Lockheed cyber attack on the Pentagon "minimal," and it did not expect harm to result. |
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