Hackers hit another FBI contractor

Despite the recent arrest of some of their members, hackers attacked another contractor of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Friday (Saturday in Manila). The AntiSec movement involving Anonymous and Lulz Security released some 400 megabytes of data from ManTech, computer security firm Sophos said. "Ahoy thar... Today is Friday and we will be following the tradition of humiliating our friends from the FBI once again. This time we hit one of their biggest contractors for cyber security: Mantech International Corporation," Sophos quoted the group as saying. It added the information leaked appeared to be related to projects that ManTech is involved in, including those related to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). "While the information isn't particularly sensitive, the motive of releasing it seems to be to embarrass ManTech and to suggest that they are not capable of delivering quality security services," Sophos said. Sophos also noted rumors circulating that one of the files in the ManTech theft was infected with a Trojan virus. However, the virus was determined to be safe. For its part, ManTech confirmed the attack but reassured its customers it is taking steps to protect their data. "All organizations attract cyber threats in our highly networked world. Our practice is generally not to comment on reports involving security related matters. However, given current publicity, we wish to assure our customers, employees, shareholders and business partners that ManTech takes seriously recent reports of a cyber threat, and we responsibly and actively address all sources of information about threats to our information and assets and those of our customers," it said. — TJD, GMA News