The reason why this raises eyebrows is that back in March, RSA admitted that it had been hacked, and some of the information stolen was specifically related to RSA’s SecurID two-factor authentication products. You may have used something similar when accessing your online bank account – for instance, a keyfob that displays a sequence of numbers that changes every 30 seconds or so. They’re the devices used by many companies and organisations to provide two factor authentication to allow provide workers with a more secure way of proving they are who they say they are than just providing a username and password. The mention of RSA SecurID tokens, though, is interesting. It was wise of them to take the step of shutting down access to its internal networks as a precaution, once it believed that unauthorised users may have breached its systems. In addition, it’s claimed that all Lockheed personnel with RSA SecurID tokens will be given new tokens.įrom the sound of things, Lockheed Martin took swift and sensible action. In response to the attack the firm is said to have promptly blocked all remote VPN access to their internal network, and informed over 100,000 users that they would have to change their passwords.
Lockheed Martin, has described the attack as “significant and tenacious”.īlogger Robert Cringely claimed that Lockheed Martin first detected the security breach last weekend (a fact later confirmed by the weapons maker in a press statement). Hackers have broken into the network of Lockheed Martin and several other US military contractors, according to media reports.
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