The 25-year-old Sutton Coldfield, England hacker Sean Caffrey entered a guilty plea to obtaining user accounts from a communications system used by the US military.
The NCA claims that the guy acknowledged in Birmingham Crown Court to having stolen data from 800 customers of a satellite communications system.
According to the computer hacker, a US military communications system contained hundreds of user accounts that were stolen.
In addition to almost 30,000 satellite phones, the hacker gained access to and took the ranks, usernames, and email addresses of over 800 subscribers of a satellite communications system.
Source: https://securityaffairs.com/60158/data-breach/hacker-admitted-dod-hack.html
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/deptofdefense
"id": "uni954261123",
"linkid": "deptofdefense",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "06/2017",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 800,
'industry': 'Defense',
'location': 'United States',
'name': 'US Military',
'type': 'Government'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 800,
'personally_identifiable_information': ['usernames',
'email addresses'],
'type_of_data_compromised': ['ranks',
'usernames',
'email addresses',
'satellite phone access']},
'description': 'Sean Caffrey, a 25-year-old hacker from Sutton Coldfield, '
'England, pleaded guilty to stealing user accounts from a '
'communications system used by the US military. The hacker '
'obtained data from 800 customers of a satellite '
'communications system, including ranks, usernames, and email '
'addresses, as well as access to almost 30,000 satellite '
'phones.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['ranks',
'usernames',
'email addresses',
'satellite phone access'],
'systems_affected': 'satellite communications system'},
'threat_actor': 'Sean Caffrey',
'title': 'Hacker Sean Caffrey Pleads Guilty to Stealing US Military Satellite '
'Communication Data',
'type': 'Data Breach'}