Elon Musk’s aerospace manufacturing and space transport services firm, SpaceX, is believed to have experienced a cybersecurity incident involving a data breach with Hunters International, an infamous hacker group that allegedly released samples of the SpaceX data breach.
The data breach at SpaceX seems to have compromised relatively old data, and Hunters International is using name-dropping as a way of extortion. Interestingly, SpaceX experienced a prior data breach in early 2023 that was linked to the LockBit ransomware group, using the identical samples.
The hacker group shared samples and databases allegedly related to SpaceX, including access to 149.9 GB of data. This database, which was originally linked to the initial SpaceX data breach prompted by LockBit, was traced back to a third-party source in SpaceX’s supply chain, specifically a manufacturing contractor in Texas.
LockBit allegedly took control of 3,000 drawings or schematics confirmed by SpaceX engineers after compromising the vendor’s systems.