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hackers in October said they had obtained "a tremendous amount"
of sensitive data from the aerospace giant and would dump it
online if Boeing didn't pay a ransom by Nov. 2.
According to a post on Lockbit's website, the data from Boeing
was published in the early hours of Friday morning. The files,
which Reuters has not independently verified, mostly date to
late October.
In a statement, Boeing confirmed that "elements" of the
company's parts and distribution business had experienced a
cybersecurity incident.
“We are aware that, in connection with this incident, a criminal
ransomware actor has released information it alleges to have
taken from our systems," Boeing said. "We continue to
investigate the incident and will remain in contact with law
enforcement, regulatory authorities, and potentially impacted
parties, as appropriate."
The company said it "remains confident" the event does not pose
a threat to aircraft or flight safety, but declined to comment
on whether defense or other sensitive data had been obtained by
Lockbit.
Lockbit ransomware, first seen on Russian-language-based
cybercrime forums in January 2020, has been detected all over
the world, with organizations in the United States, India and
Brazil among common targets, cybersecurity firm Trend Micro said
last year.
It called the group "one of the most professional organized
criminal gangs in the criminal underground".
The group has hit 1,700 U.S. organizations, according to the
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).
On Thursday, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China's (ICBC)
U.S. arm was hit by a ransomware attack that disrupted trades in
the U.S. Treasury market.
Several ransomware experts and analysts said Lockbit was
believed to be behind the hack, although the gang's dark web
page, where it typically posts names of its victims, did not
mention ICBC.
(Reporting by James Pearson; additional reporting by Tim Hepher
in Paris and Valerie Insinna in Washington; Editing by Kirsten
Donovan, David Evans and Emelia Sithole-Matarise)
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