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Edition: U.S. Article Comments (3) Follow Reuters Facebook Twitter RSS YouTube Read Lockheed says thwarted "tenacious" cyber attack 1:49am EDT Air France crash sparks pilot mystery 27 May 2011 Lockheed says thwarted "tenacious" cyber attack 28 May 2011 Roadside bomb kills seven NATO troops in Afghanistan 26 May 2011 Cooling system restored at Tepco's No.5 plant 12:42am EDT Discussed 94 Obama departs for Europe trip, explores Irish roots 81 Netanyahu speech eyed for sign of U.S.-Israel rift 74 $1 trillion on the table in U.S. debt talks Watched GM pulls the plug Fri, May 27 2011 Scientists revive ancient spider in stunning 3D detail Tue, May 24 2011 Death toll rises in Joplin, Missouri 12:30am EDT Lockheed says thwarted "tenacious" cyber attack Tweet Share this By Jim Wolf WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp., the U.S. government's top information technology provider, said on Saturday it had thwarted "a significant and tenacious attack" on its information systems network a week ago but was still... Email Print Related News Lockheed says thwarted "tenacious" cyber attack Sat, May 28 2011 Pentagon says impact of Lockheed attack "minimal" Sat, May 28 2011 Analysis & Opinion Krittika Biswas: A series of unfortunate events After bin Laden: Do not retreat from Afghanistan Related Topics Technology » The F-35 Lightning II, also known as the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), planes arrive at Edwards Air Force Base in California in this May 2010 file photo. Credit: Reuters/Tom Reynolds/Lockheed Martin Corp/Handout By Jim Wolf WASHINGTON | Sun May 29, 2011 1:49am EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp., the U.S. government's top information technology provider, said on Saturday it had thwarted "a significant and tenacious attack" on its information systems network a week ago but was still working to restore employee access. No customer, program or employee personal data was compromised thanks to "almost immediate" protective action taken after the attack was detected May 21, Jennifer Whitlow, a company spokeswoman, said in an emailed statement. She said the company, the world's biggest aerospace company and the Pentagon's No. 1 supplier by sales, was working around the clock to restore employee access to the targeted network while maintaining the highest security level. The U.S. Defense Department said in statement late Saturday night that it was working with Lockheed to determine the scope of the attack. The incident's impact on the department is "minimal and we don't expect any adverse effect," Air Force Lieutenant Colonel April Cunningham said by email. She declined to specify the nature of the impact, saying that as a matter of policy, the department does not not comment on operational matters. The Department of Homeland Security, or DHS, said that it and the Defense Department had offered to help curb the risk from the incident. Lockheed is the maker of the F-16, F-22 and F-35 fighter jets as well as warships and other multibillion-dollar arms systems sold worldwide. There was no word on where the attack may have originated. Military contractors' systems contain technical specifications on weapons under development as well as those currently in use. The U.S. government has offered to help Lockheed analyze "available data in order to provide recommendations to mitigate further risk," Chris Ortman, a DHS official, said in an e-mailed reply to a query from Reuters. A person with direct knowledge told Reuters on Friday that unknown attackers had broken into sensitive networks of Lockheed and several other U.S. military contractors. Boeing Co and Northrop Grumman, the Pentagon's No. 2 and No. 3 suppliers respectively, declined to discuss matters involving corporate security. CYBER ESPIONAGE U.S. officials may investigate a cyber breach at a company's request. DHS, the lead agency for securing federal civilian networks, can deploy a team to analyze infected systems, develop mitigation strategies, advise on efforts to restore service and make recommendations for improving overall network security. Several top cybersecurity experts with extensive government dealings said they were in the dark about the origin of the attack. "I think it tells us that DHS doesn't know much about what's going on either," said Anup Ghosh, a former senior scientist at the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency who worked on securing military networks. Ghosh, who now runs Invincea, a software security company, said there had been a string of intrusions against defense contractors, security companies and U.S. government labs, including the U.S. Energy Department's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, since the start of this year. These attacks typically were carried out through so-called "spear-phish" inducements to click on a certain link to web sites or through emailed attachments carrying malicious code. Once so compromised, a computer can surreptitiously download other code that can log a victim's key strokes, giving an attacker a path to potentially wide network access. "Defense industrials is where our military technology secrets are," Ghosh said in an email interview. "What's happening here is nothing short of theft of a nation." The person with direct knowledge told Reuters on Friday that an intrusion at Lockheed was related to a recent breach of "SecurID" token authentication technology from EMC Corp's EMC.N RSA security division. Cyber intruders were reported in 2009 to have broken into computers holding data on Lockheed's projected $380 billion-plus F-35 fighter program, the Pentagon's costliest arms purchase. A series of once-secret U.S. diplomatic cables released by the WikiLeaks website suggests that China has jumped ahead of the United States when it comes to cyber espionage. More than 100 foreign intelligence organizations are trying to break into U.S. networks, Deputy U.S. Secretary of Defense William Lynn wrote in the journal Foreign Affairs last fall. Some already have the capacity to disrupt U.S. information infrastructure, he wrote. (Additional reporting by Andrea Shalal-Esa and Jim Finkle; Editing by Paul Simao) Technology Related Quotes and News Company Price Related News Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language, all capital letters or appear to be spam, and we review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. Comments (3) TheCreator wrote: It has been wide spread knowledge that the RSA SecureID has been vulnerable for months now. The fact that a firm such as LockHeed Martin is still using it for critical intelligence security is just not wise on their part. Those SecureID tags are nothing more now than decoration for your key chain. May 28, 2011 9:46pm EDT -- Report as abuse ghhugh39 wrote: The Guardian just did an indepth analysis and research piece on Pvt. Manning. Get ready for big time hacking against those that hold Defense contracts with the USA. Read the Guardian articles. True shockers. May 28, 2011 10:25pm EDT -- Report as abuse MarkDonners wrote: Nobody really cares if the US military has breaches in their path. The US military hasn’t been involved in a war since WWII, just mass murder of civilians and illegal invasion, bombing and occupation of weak countries. 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