Russian Hackers Target U.S. HIMARS Maker in ‘New Type of Attack’: Report

via MSN

Russian hackers have launched “a new type of attack” on American military company Lockheed Martin, which makes the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) that the U.S. has supplied to Ukraine, a pro-Moscow news website said.

The Kremlin-supporting Life website reported that the cyberattack by the Killnet and Killmilk hacker groups took place at 7 a.m. on Monday. The groups said the rocket systems – credited by the Ukrainians with shifting the balance in the war against Russia – had been responsible for thousands of deaths.

“The notorious HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems, supplied to Ukraine by the aforementioned military-industrial corporation, allow the criminal authorities of the Kiev regime to kill civilians, destroy the infrastructure and social facilities of the still temporarily occupied Ukraine,” the hackers said in a statement reported by Life.

The hackers said Lockheed Martin “is the actual sponsor of world terrorism, is responsible” for thousands of deaths. Newsweek has contacted Lockheed Martin for comment. Newsweek did not see evidence that Lockheed Martin sponsors terrorism.

A Russian military expert claimed on state television on July 28 that Russia had come up with a “secret development” that allows it to hack into the HIMARS systems.

On July 22, members of Killnet said: “We are using a new type of attack, we have no equal in this area. This is a new technology that we are using for the first time against the world’s largest arms manufacturer—Lockheed Martin,” Life reported at the time.

By NC ScoutPublished On: August 1, 2022Categories: UncategorizedComments Off

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