General Electric investigates claims of cyberattack and data theft
General Electric investigated claims of a cyberattack targeting the company and of data theft. Whether a breach actually occurred, the scale of the damage and when it happened have not been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- General Electric
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Not confirmed
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- Location
- United States
Timeline
- It came to light that General Electric was investigating claims of a cyberattack and data theft.
Also affected by this incident
GE hacking claim raises suspicions of DARPA-related military data theft
↳ Knock-on damage from the General Electric incident · View original incidentImpact: Theft of DARPA-related military information and files claimed; actual exposure and its extent unconfirmed
In November 2023, hacker IntelBroker claimed to have breached General Electric’s (GE) development environment and stolen DARPA-related military information, SQL files, and documents, and said they were selling access and the data. GE said it was aware of the claims and was investigating. Whether a breach actually occurred and the extent of any exposure of DARPA-related materials remained unconfirmed.
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