Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-12-05 00:00:00
Affected organization: Leonardo S.p.A.
Affected country: Italy
Industry: Undetermined
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Italian police have arrested two people for allegedly using malware to steal 10 GB of data from Leonardo S.p.A., an Italian defense contractor. One of the defendants used a USB key to infect 94 workstations between 2015 and 2017 .