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Police arrest two in data theft cyberattack on Leonardo defense corp

Italian police have arrested two people allegedly for using malware to steal 10 GB of confidental data and military secrets from defense company Leonardo S.p.A. One person was arrested for allegedly using USB keys to infect 94 workstations with a trojan named ‘cftmon.exe’ The malware is said to have been used for two years, between 2015 and 2017, to steal data and send it back to a command and control server at ‘fujinamaaltervista.org’ Leonardo is one of the world’s largest defense contractors, with 30% of the company owned by the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance.

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/police-arrest-two-in-data-theft-cyberattack-on-leonardo-defense-corp/

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