Security News > 2021 > January > Dassault Falcon Jet reports data breach after ransomware attack
Dassault Falcon Jet has disclosed a data breach that may have led to the exposure of personal information belonging to current and former employees, as well as their spouses and dependents.
Dassault Falcon Jet is the US subsidiary of French aerospace company Dassault Aviation which designs and builds military aircraft, business jets, and space systems.
Dassault Falcon Jet discovered the incident on December 6th, 2020, and sent a data breach notification letter to impacted current and former employees on December 31st. According to media reports and the dates of breach reported by the company, the attackers maintained access to Dassault Falcon Jet's systems for roughly six months, between June 6th and December 7th. The Ragnar Locker operators who infiltrated the company's systems were also able to infiltrate the network of several Dassault Falcon Jet subsidiaries.
While the company has not yet confirmed that the breach was due to a ransomware attack, LeMagIT reported in December that Ragnar Locker is the ransomware gang that was behind the incident.
Dassault Falcon Jet spokespersons were not immediately available for comment when contacted by BleepingComputer earlier today.
The Ragnar Locker gang sent BleepingComputer the following screenshot on December 11th, 2020, containing a directory listing from one of the Dassault Falcon Jet systems breached during the attack.
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