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NATO uses the SOA & IdM platform and classified it as secret while it was used to handle several essential functions within the Polaris program.
Part of NATO’s IT modernization program, Polaris employs the SOA & IdM platform and was created to provide centralized security, integration, and hosting information management. As it handles several critical functions, the platform was classified as secret by the military alliance.
The hackers claim that they managed to make copies of the data on this platform using a backdoor and that they tried to blackmail Everis. They went further and made jokes about sending the stolen data to the Russian intelligence services.
Hackers wanted to slow down Polaris development
Paul Howland, Polaris Program Officer explained the benefits of the program: “This project has the potential to be a game-changer in how NATO …
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