European Space Agency Confirms Breach — Hackers Claim 200GB Of Data Stolen

Source: Forbes

The European Space Agency has confirmed, in a statement emailed to Davey Winder, Senior Contributor to Forbes, that a number of external science servers have been compromised during a security incident. The servers, are “used for unclassified collaborative engineering solutions within the scientific community,” according to an ESA spokesperson. Although it is unclear at this stage which data has been compromised, Winder understands that the attack has not impacted any classified or highly sensitive mission systems. Threat actors have claimed a total of 200 gigabytes of data has been compromised. The ESA, which has its headquarters in Paris, France, is an intergovernmental organization with some 3,000 employees and is responsible for coordinating the space activities of 23 member states. Full Story