Maxar hack lets intruder view some employees' personal data files
At US space technology company Maxar, an attacker accessed a single host on an external network for about a week in early October 2024 and viewed files containing some employees' personal information. The files included names, addresses, Social Security numbers and employment-related information. The company said its internal network and operations were not affected.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Maxar
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Names, addresses, Social Security numbers and employment-related information of some employees
- Cause / method
- Unauthorised access to a single host on an external network and viewing of personal data files
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- Maxar disclosed that a hacker had accessed employees' personal information.
- It was explained that the attacker accessed a single host on an external network for about a week in early October and that the internal network and operations were not affected.
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