The BBC reports that a hacking group sold classified military data, that includes blueprints of weapons being used by Nato allies in the Ukraine war. NATO is investigating and assessing the impact of the data breach.
MBDA Missile Systems is one of the largest weapons makers in the world. It has 13,000 employees and is a joint venture of Airbus, BAE Systems, and Leonardo. Notably, last year it posted revenue of £3.5bn and counts the UK Ministry of Defence, US military, the European Union, and Nato as customers of its weapons systems.
Reports say that a hacking group is touting what it claims are top secret files stolen from European weapons manufacturer MBDA Missile Systems. Moreover, MBDA Missile Systems says its data was among the stash but claimed none of the classified files belong to the firm.
According to the pan-European company, based in France, “Its information was hacked from a compromised external hard drive, adding that it was cooperating with authorities in Italy, where…