{"id":32590,"date":"2022-10-05T15:57:41","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T15:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2022\/10\/05\/us-says-hackers-attacked-defense-organization-stole-sensitive-info\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:27:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:27:25","slug":"us-says-hackers-attacked-defense-organization-stole-sensitive-info","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/cyber\/2022\/10\/05\/us-says-hackers-attacked-defense-organization-stole-sensitive-info\/","title":{"rendered":"US says hackers attacked defense organization, stole sensitive info"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Hackers infiltrated a defense industrial base organization, maintained \u201cpersistent, long-term\u201d access to its network and absconded with sensitive data, U.S. government agencies said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency responded to malicious activity from November 2021 to January 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisa.gov\/uscert\/ncas\/alerts\/aa22-277a\" target=\"_blank\">according to an Oct. 4 advisory<\/a> published by the Department of Homeland Security division and its partners at the National Security Agency and the FBI. A third-party response team was also engaged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The targeted organization \u2014 most likely a defense contractor \u2014 was not named.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The unidentified intruders used <a href=\"https:\/\/attack.mitre.org\/software\/S0357\/\" target=\"_blank\">an open-source tool kit called Impacket<\/a> to gain a foothold in the organization\u2019s systems, according to the government bulletin. They then used a tailored exfiltration tool known as CovalentStealer to make off with important files, it stated. Initial access was gained as early as January 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The implications of the hack were not immediately clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/it-networks-battlefield-tech\/2022\/08\/16\/why-us-army-network-leaders-are-so-interested-in-identity-management\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Jeth-Rey-Prof.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Why US Army network leaders are so interested in identity management<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Pentagon&#039;s 2020 ICAM strategy acknowledged failures to \u201cmaximize the strategic, operational, and tactical benefits of information sharing.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Department of Defense\u2019s pool of contractors and related resources is under constant threat of digital harassment and foreign influence campaigns. While international competitors may be deterred from directly fighting the U.S., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/video\/2021\/11\/10\/is-the-pentagons-cyber-strategy-working\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Pentagon\u2019s 2018 cyber strategy<\/a> noted, they are seizing the digital domain to take \u201cour technology, disrupt our government and commerce, challenge our democratic processes, and threaten our critical infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a joint cybersecurity report published shortly before Russia\u2019s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, CISA, NSA and the FBI accused hackers backed by Moscow of targeting U.S. defense companies for years, saying that the data snaked away provides \u201csignificant insight\u201d into weapons and communications infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/smr\/geoint\/2022\/05\/11\/us-and-allies-blame-russia-for-viasat-hack-ahead-of-ukraine-invasion\/\" target=\"_blank\">historically denied such claims<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those targeted work on defense and intelligence contracts, including missile development and vehicle and aircraft design, the federal agencies said at the time. The compromised companies support the U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy, Space Force and national security programs, generally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During one<a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/cyber\/2022\/02\/17\/cisa-accuses-russia-backed-hackers-of-stealing-info-from-us-defense-contractors\/\" target=\"_blank\"> high-profile transgression last year<\/a>, \u201cactors exfiltrated hundreds of documents related to the company\u2019s products, relationships with other countries, and internal personnel and legal matters,\u201d CISA said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense News in June 2018 reported Chinese-sponsored cyberattacks breached a Navy contractor\u2019s computers, jeopardizing sensitive information tied to secret work on an anti-ship missile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pentagon&#8217;s pool of contractors and related resources is under constant threat of digital harassment and foreign influence 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