Dassault Falcon Jet reports data breach after ransomware attack

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Dassault Falcon Jet has disclosed a data breach that may have led to the exposure of personal information belonging to current and former employees, as well as their spouses and dependents.
Dassault Falcon Jet is the US subsidiary of French aerospace company Dassault Aviation which designs and builds military aircraft, business jets, and space systems. The Dassault subsidiary has 2,453 employees and it is focused on marketing and providing aviation and maintenance services for Falcon aircrafts on the American continent.
Dassault Falcon Jet discovered the incident on December 6th, 2020, and sent a data breach notification letter to impacted current and former employees on December 31st.
According to media reports and the dates of breach reported by the company, the attackers maintained access to Dassault Falcon Jet's systems for roughly six months, between June 6th and December 7th.
 

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