“Hungarian Army Procurement Agency Attacked by International Hacker Group The INC Ransomware hacker group hacked and encrypted the files of the Defense Procurement Agency of Hungary. The attackers are demanding a $5 million ransom and have already published part of secret military documents on the darknet.”, — write on: unn.ua
Writes UNN with reference to Hang.hu and 444.hu.
The Defense Procurement Agency (VBÜ) was attacked by hackers who encrypted the files of the state-owned company responsible for defense and security procurement for the Hungarian military and law enforcement agencies. The hackers are demanding a ransom of five million dollars to unlock them or they will be made public.
But later information appeared that dozens of screenshots of illegally obtained materials have already been published – this may have been done by hackers in order to emphasize the request.
We are talking about highly sensitive materials, defense procurement, internal correspondence, real capabilities of the Hungarian armed forces. Based on the wide range of activities and the number of employees (97 people), it is clear that the documents already made public are only a small part of what fell into the hands of blackmailers, but there are several of them. which are sensitive from a military and national security point of view
The Ministry of Defense acknowledged the attack, but according to a previous government statement, no sensitive information about the military structure was leaked.
It is also noted that the attack took place in October 2024.
The attack was probably carried out using a ransomware program, IT security expert Ferenc Fresch is quoted as saying by the Hang portal. He was the first to publicize information about the hacker attack on his Facebook page.
The INC Ransomware is said to have attacked, downloaded and encrypted the entire contents of the Defense Acquisition Agency’s file server.
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