Security News > 2023 > March > LockBit brags: We'll leak thousands of SpaceX blueprints stolen from supplier

Ransomware gang Lockbit has boasted it broke into Maximum Industries, which makes parts for SpaceX, and stole 3,000 proprietary schematics developed by Elon Musk's rocketeers.

The prolific cybercrime crew also mocked the SpaceX supremo, and threatened to leak or sell on the blueprints from March 20 if the gang's demands to pay up aren't met.

"I would say we were lucky if SpaceX contractors were more talkative. But I think this material will find its buyer as soon as possible," Lockbit posted on its dark-web homepage, according to a screenshot shared on Twitter by security analyst Dominic Alvieri.

It also claimed the 3,000 drawings had been "Certified" by SpaceX engineers, but we can't confirm if anyone outside of the ransomware gang has verified the purloined dataset is what it's claimed to be.

Neither SpaceX nor Maximum Industries responded to The Register's calls and emails seeking comment on the reported security breach.

These SpaceX claims follow several others by LockBit-affiliated criminals, which aren't always the most honest bunch about what - if anything - they've stolen.

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