Hackers sell NATO classified documents containing MBDA missile systems

NATO is investigating the reported sale of its classified documents by a hacker group, the BBC reported on Thursday. Some of the data describes in detail the products of MBDA Missile Systems, a pan-European defense manufacturer.

“We have no indication that any NATO network has been compromised,” the British broadcaster quoted a spokesperson for the alliance as saying.

The BBC said unidentified hackers were asking 15 Bitcoins (roughly $320,000 at current price) for the trove of stolen data. The price and other details coincide with what was reported in early August by the French cybersecurity and information technology news website LeMagIT.

The data cache was apparently offered to would-be buyers by someone named Adrastea in late July and is believed to originate from an external hard drive. An Italian subsidiary of MBDA is suspected to be the breach point for the hacker.

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