U.S. Government Offers Lockheed Assistance After ‘Tenacious’ Cyber

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-29/lockheed-offered-help-after-cyber-incident-u-s-government-says.html

U.S. agencies offered assistance to Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT), the world’s largest defense contractor, which suffered what it called a “tenacious” cyber attack on its computer networks on May 21.

The Department of Homeland Security “is aware of a cyber incident impacting” Lockheed and, together with the Department of Defense, has offered help in “determining the extent of the incident, performing analysis of available data in order to provide recommendations to mitigate further risk,” Chris Ortman, a spokesman for the agency, said in an e-mail yesterday.

The impact on the military “is minimal and we don’t expect any adverse effect,” Lieutenant Colonel April Cunningham, a spokeswoman, said in an e-mail.

Lockheed, based in Bethesda, Maryland, said it detected a “significant and tenacious attack” on its computer networks on May 21. It was found “almost immediately” and no employee, program or customer data was lost, the company said in a statement.