Lockheed Martin: No Data Compromised in Cyber Attack

Lockheed Martin

confirmed Sunday that it suffered an attack on its network last week from external, unknown individuals. While the company provided no additional information related to the specifics of the alleged breach, it is rumored to have stemmed from a March infiltration of RSA's SecurID authentication system. Lockheed Martin said in a press release issued Sunday: "As a result of the swift and deliberate actions taken to protect the network and increase IT security, our systems remain secure; no customer, program or employee personal data has been compromised." The company said the attack took place on Saturday, May 21, and was detected "almost immediately." Also, the company took "aggressive" actions to protect the integrity of its systems and data. Lockheed Martin has reset employees' passwords throughout its systems and will upgrade the remote access SecurID tokens it uses. The company also has added an additional, undisclosed layer of security to the remote login procedure employees use to access its internal network. In other news, Lockheed Martin has acquired the world's first commercial quantum computer for an undisclosed purchase price. The supplier is Canadian firm D-Wave, and the quantum computer comes with a team of researchers who will work closely with Lockheed Martin in the years ahead to get the most from the system. Quantum computers can be used to solve difficult problems that would take too long even with supercomputers.