Thales Group

In a significant cybersecurity incident, Thales Group, a prominent player in the aerospace, defense, and security sectors, faced a direct attack on its satellite communication systems. This compromise led to a breach of sensitive communication channels between ground operations and several commercial satellites. The attackers managed to inject malicious code to disrupt the integrity of critical data being relayed for navigation and observation purposes. The profound implications of this event put essential space-based services used by governments and corporations at risk, threatening national security interests and economic stability across multiple regions.

Source: https://cds.thalesgroup.com/es/cyberthreat/news-page?page=37

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/thales

"id": "tha430051424",
"linkid": "thales",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "04/2023",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "8",
"explanation": "Attack that could bring to a war"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': ['Aerospace', 'Defense', 'Security'],
                        'name': 'Thales Group',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Malicious Code Injection',
 'data_breach': {'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': 'Sensitive Communication Data'},
 'description': 'Thales Group, a prominent player in the aerospace, defense, '
                'and security sectors, faced a direct attack on its satellite '
                'communication systems. This compromise led to a breach of '
                'sensitive communication channels between ground operations '
                'and several commercial satellites. The attackers managed to '
                'inject malicious code to disrupt the integrity of critical '
                'data being relayed for navigation and observation purposes. '
                'The profound implications of this event put essential '
                'space-based services used by governments and corporations at '
                'risk, threatening national security interests and economic '
                'stability across multiple regions.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Sensitive Communication Channels',
            'operational_impact': 'Disruption of Critical Data Integrity',
            'systems_affected': 'Satellite Communication Systems'},
 'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Satellite Communication Systems',
                           'high_value_targets': 'Commercial Satellites'},
 'motivation': ['National Security Disruption', 'Economic Instability'],
 'title': "Cyber Attack on Thales Group's Satellite Communication Systems",
 'type': 'Cyber Attack',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Satellite Communication Systems'}