Sensitive NATO Data Leaked After Cyber Attack
On Portugal’s Armed Forces
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Summary Of The Attack
- Diario de Noticias, a local Portuguese news organization, on September 8th, reported that the Portuguese Government Department of Defense has been the subject of a cybersecurity data breach involving leakage of sensitive NATO documents that are published and sold on the dark web.
- After an investigation was performed, it was established that unsecured channels were used for transmission of data.
- The attack in which the data were exfiltrated was constructed in such a manner that it was undetectable and it was launched through a bot network that was primarily designed to obtain sensitive data.
- The Department that suffered the breach is under suspicion that they broke protocol which led to the incident.
What Happened?
On September 8, Portuguese local news organization, Diario de Noticias reported that the Portuguese Government’s Department of Defense has allegedly been a subject of a cyber security data breach involving exfiltration of confidential NATO documents.