Bloomberg published a report on QinetiQ data breach, the company has been compromised from 2007 to 2012 by Chinese hackers. The UK-based defense contractor is vulnerable to cyber attacks, the news is sensational and has created a lot of noise on the Internet, due the critical role of the company as primary providers for U.S. Governments. More than 13,000 server passwords were stolen and used to acquire sensitive information and more than 3.3 million pages of Microsoft Excel spreadsheets were exposed. Chinese hackers belonging to Comment Crew have conducted an extended operation to steal the sensitive information.”]
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