Security News > 2020 > December > Italy Says Two Arrested for Defense Data Theft
Two people have been arrested for stealing defense data from the Italian aerospace and electronics group Leonardo, the interior ministry said on Saturday.
"At the end of a complex investigation by the Naples prosecutor into a serious computer attack against Leonardo. a former worker and a company director were arrested," a ministry statement said.
A program inserted into dozens of work computers via a USB stick at the company's plant in Pomigliano d'Arco, near Naples, allowed hackers to harvest data on projects, including strategic ones, over a two-year period.
The attack was uncovered by a computer crime unit at the prosecutor's office, which issued arrest warrants for illegal access to a computer system, interception of IT communications and illegal use of personal data.
In January 2017, Leonardo officials uncovered abnormal data traffic from work stations that was generated by so-called malware dubbed "Cftmon.exe".