Hackers Break into Pentagon’s IT Service Provider, Sensitive Data Leaked?
Morrissey Technology – Hacking groups or hackers broke into and leaked information technology (IT) service providers from a number of government agencies in the United States, including the Pentagon to NASA. The hackers leaked stolen internal documents from Leidos Holdings Inc, one of the largest providers of IT services to the US government.
The company recently became aware of the issue and believes the documents were taken during a previously reported Diligent Corp systems leak. Leidos is currently investigating the data leak incident.
The Bloomberg report, citing archives from June 2023, said that the Virginia-based company used the Diligent system to store information collected in internal investigations. Leidos confirmed this issue stems from a previous incident affecting a third-party vendor. They have also announced this in 2023.
“This incident did not impact our network or sensitive customer data,” the company said.
A Diligent spokesperson said that this issue is likely related to an incident from 2022, which affected its subsidiary, Steele Compliance Solutions. The company has notified affected customers and has taken corrective action to address the incident in November 2022.
Previously, not long ago, around 1.4 GB of data belonging to the National Security Agency (NSA) was also reportedly leaked and posted on a dark forum. The leaked data included a number of sensitive and confidential information.
This NSA data leak was first revealed by Cyber Press researchers. The leaked data reportedly contained sensitive information, including internal communications, classified documents, and personal data of NSA employees.
“The threat actor claims the data was allegedly obtained from a data breach of Acuity Inc, a company that collaborates with the United States government and its allies,”.
This leak raises serious national security concerns and highlights vulnerabilities in government contractors’ cybersecurity measures.