Security News > 2021 > November > US defense contractor Electronic Warfare hit by data breach
US defense contractor Electronic Warfare Associates has disclosed a data breach after threat actors hacked their email system and stole files containing personal information.
As detailed in a notice to the Montana Attorney General's office, EWA discovered that a threat actor took over one of their email accounts on August 2, 2021.
"Based on our investigation, we determined that a threat actor infiltrated EWA email on August 2, 2021. We were made aware of the situation when the threat actor attempted wire fraud," reads EWA's data incident notification.
"We have no reason to believe the purpose of the infiltration was to obtain personal information. Nevertheless, the threat actor's activities did result in the exfiltration of files with certain personal information."
EWA is a specialist in high-tech defense hardware and software solutions for communication, access control, simulation, training, management, testing, and monitoring systems.
A data breach on the firm's email systems may have also compromised military technology secrets as EWA develops and designs these products internally.
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