‘Catastrophic’ attack as Russians hack files on eight MoD bases and post them on the dark web

Russian hackers have stolen hundreds of sensitive military documents containing details of eight Royal Air Force and Royal Navy bases as well as UK Ministry of Defence staff names and emails – and posted them on the dark web, The Mail on Sunday revealed.

In what has been described as a ‘catastrophic’ security breach, cybercriminals accessed the cache of files by hacking a maintenance and construction contractor used by the MoD.

The ‘gateway’ attack – which targeted third party the Dodd Group – allowed cyber gangsters to circumvent the almost impenetrable cyber defences used by the Armed Forces.  

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