Hacker Attack on Rheinmetall: National Security Threatened?

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A suspected hacker attack on Rheinmetall reveals confidential information. According to defense experts, the data leak can facilitate sabotage and espionage. By S. Wolf and K. Brunner.

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At the beginning of April, IT security expert Benjamin Mejri discovered a explosive message in his Dark Web surveillance systems: A suspected pro-Russian hacker group claims to have compromised 750 gigabytes of internal data from Rheinmetall. The attackers provided 1,400 documents for download. As tagesschau.de reports on the basis of searches by Plusminus and br Data, the leaked documents concern technical data on the Puma rifle tank, informati…

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According to Rheinmetall, these data are more data that are not subject to secrecy. However, according to military experts, they are dangerous. (Cyberwar, Politics)

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750 GByte internal Rheinmetall data in the Darknet: Is German security now vulnerable by the hacker attack? The article Hacker attack on Rheinmetall: Danger for national security? appeared first on ingenieur.de - Jobbörse und Nachrichtenportal für Ingenieure.