http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/07/hackers-plundered-israeli-defense-firms-that-built-iron-dome-missile-defense-system/
By Brian Krebs
Krebs on Security
July 28, 2014
Three Israeli defense contractors responsible for building the “Iron Dome”
missile shield currently protecting Israel from a barrage of rocket
attacks were compromised by hackers and robbed of huge quantities of
sensitive documents pertaining to the shield technology, KrebsOnSecurity
has learned.
The never-before publicized intrusions, which occurred between 2011 and
2012, illustrate the continued challenges that defense contractors and
other companies face in deterring organized cyber adversaries and
preventing the theft of proprietary information.
According to Columbia, Md.-based threat intelligence firm Cyber
Engineering Services Inc. (CyberESI), between Oct. 10, 2011 and August 13,
2012, attackers thought to be operating out of China hacked into the
corporate networks of three top Israeli defense technology companies,
including Elisra Group, Israel Aerospace Industries, and Rafael Advanced
Defense Systems.
By tapping into the secret communications infrastructure set up by the
hackers, CyberESI determined that the attackers exfiltrated large amounts
of data from the three companies. Most of the information was intellectual
property pertaining to Arrow III missiles, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
(UAVs), ballistic rockets, and other technical documents in the same
fields of study.
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