Lockheed Martin, a leading defense contractor, was reportedly the victim of a cyber attack last week.
Lockheed Martin is the Pentagon’s No.1 supplier and released a statements saying it detected a significant assault on its computer networks on May 21st. It was found “almost immediately” with no program or customer data lost.
According to Christian Science Monitor, Although it appears the attack had limited impact on the Department of Defense, it may indicate that cyber espionage is evolving and could become more of a serious threat to governments and companies in the near future.
According to the New York Daily News, the Departments of Homeland Security knew about the cyber incident and was investigating alongside the Department of Defense. The agencies are now reportedly determining the extent of the incident and analyzing available data to mitigate further risk.
The company uses a security system by EMC Corp’s RSA unit. RSA suffered a network breach back in March resulting in reported theft of RSA data. RSA reportedly tightened security for clients after this incident.
The RSA incident was reportedly thought to target military, financial, governmental and other organizations.
Lockheed Martin is a global security company that is engaged in research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The majority of Lockheed Martin’s business is with the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. federal government agencies and is considered the largest provider of IT services, systems integration, and training to the U.S. Government. Lockheed Martin’s business also contributes to international government and some commercial sales of our products, services and platforms.
According to Lockheed Martin’s website, the business areas include, Aeronautics, with approximately $13.3 billion in 2010 sales, includes tactical aircraft, airlift, and aeronautical research and development lines of business; Electronic Systems, with approximately $14.3 billion in 2010 sales, includes missiles and fire control, naval systems, platform integration, simulation and training and energy programs lines of business; Information Systems & Global Solutions, with approximately $9.9 billion in 2010 sales, includes C4I, federal services, government and commercial IT solutions; and Space Systems, with approximately $8.2 billion in 2010 sales, includes space launch, commercial satellites, government satellites, and strategic missiles lines of business.
The corporation reported 2010 sales of around $45.8 billion, a backlog of around $78.2 billion, and cash flow from operations of around $4 billion.
Lockheed Martin is the Pentagon’s No.1 supplier and released a statements saying it detected a significant assault on its computer networks on May 21st. It was found “almost immediately” with no program or customer data lost.
According to Christian Science Monitor, Although it appears the attack had limited impact on the Department of Defense, it may indicate that cyber espionage is evolving and could become more of a serious threat to governments and companies in the near future.
According to the New York Daily News, the Departments of Homeland Security knew about the cyber incident and was investigating alongside the Department of Defense. The agencies are now reportedly determining the extent of the incident and analyzing available data to mitigate further risk.
The company uses a security system by EMC Corp’s RSA unit. RSA suffered a network breach back in March resulting in reported theft of RSA data. RSA reportedly tightened security for clients after this incident.
Lockheed Martin is a global security company that is engaged in research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The majority of Lockheed Martin’s business is with the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. federal government agencies and is considered the largest provider of IT services, systems integration, and training to the U.S. Government. Lockheed Martin’s business also contributes to international government and some commercial sales of our products, services and platforms.
According to Lockheed Martin’s website, the business areas include, Aeronautics, with approximately $13.3 billion in 2010 sales, includes tactical aircraft, airlift, and aeronautical research and development lines of business; Electronic Systems, with approximately $14.3 billion in 2010 sales, includes missiles and fire control, naval systems, platform integration, simulation and training and energy programs lines of business; Information Systems & Global Solutions, with approximately $9.9 billion in 2010 sales, includes C4I, federal services, government and commercial IT solutions; and Space Systems, with approximately $8.2 billion in 2010 sales, includes space launch, commercial satellites, government satellites, and strategic missiles lines of business.
The corporation reported 2010 sales of around $45.8 billion, a backlog of around $78.2 billion, and cash flow from operations of around $4 billion.
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