Hackers breached U.S. satellite maker Maxar Space Systems and accessed personal data belonging to its employees, the company informs in a notification to impacted individuals.
The threat actor compromised the company network about a week before the discovery of the intrusion.
Immediately after discovering the unauthorized access, the company took action to prevent the hackers from reaching further into the system.
“Our information security team discovered that a hacker using a Hong Kong-based IP address targeted and accessed a Maxar system containing certain files with employee personal data,”
reads the data breach notification.
“When we discovered this on October 11, 2024, we took immediate action to protect further unauthorized access to the system. Nevertheless, according to our investigation, the hacker likely had access to the files on the system for approximately one week before this action was taken,” the company informs.
