Hackers have reportedly leaked internal documents stolen from Leidos Holdings Inc., a company with a significant contract portfolio including the US Defense Department, Homeland Security, and NASA.
A person with knowledge of the matter told Bloomberg News that the company believes the documents leaked by hackers were stolen during a previously disclosed breach at Diligent Corporation. Diligent Corporation is a governance software provider whose services were used by Leidos to host information gathered in internal investigations. “We have confirmed that this stems from a previous incident affecting a third-party vendor for which all necessary notifications were made in 2023,” a Leidos spokesperson said, adding the company’s network and sensitive customer data remain unaffected.
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Source: Computing
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