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U.S. distance technology and satellite giant Maxar has confirmed a data breach involve the personal information of its employee , allot to a filing with state regulator .
The Colorado - headquarteredMaxaroperates imaging satellites and industry ballistic capsule , and claim to operate one of the largest commercial-grade satellite constellation on orbital cavity . Maxar has long been a significant provider of commercial-grade satellite imagery to the U.S. politics , which habituate the imagery for missionary station - critical provision , intelligence information gathering , and tragedy response .
In a requireddata breach noticefiled with California ’s lawyer general last workweek , Maxar said a cyberpunk using a Hong Kong - based IP reference compromised its meshing on October 4 to access files control employee ’s personal data . It ’s not yet experience if the alleged hacker is located in Hong Kong , or used a host in Hong Kong to hide their real location .
Maxar said it discovered the falling out a workweek afterwards on October 11 and took “ immediate legal action ” to prevent further unauthorized memory access to the system . “ Nevertheless , according to our probe , the hacker probably had admittance to the files on the system for approximately one week before this action was taken , ” Maxar allege in the disclosure .
The selective information contained within the compromise file include employees ’ names , gender , strong-arm addresses , Social Security numbers , business contact selective information , employment status , employee figure , and job information , according to Maxar .
fit in to the company ’s website , Maxar has 2,600 employees — more than half of which attained U.S. security clearances . These are need to perform classified work for the U.S. government , such as internal surety missions .
Maxar , which last yr completed its $ 6.4 billion cut-rate sale to private fairness giant star Advent International , has n’t said how many of its employee were impacted by the breach .
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Maxar spokesperson Kristin Carringer did n’t immediately answer to TechCrunch ’s question .
