Threat actors targeting Lockheed Martin immediately halted cyber attacks against the defence company following the release of Mandiant’s APT1 report, Lockheed executives said Wednesday.
According to Security Week, the threat actors immediately began curtailing their attacks after being called out and began to shift techniques, something that Lockheed witnessed in its own environment.
Charles “Charlie” Croom, VP of Cyber Strategy and Government Relations at Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Solution, said that the adversary that Mandiant exposed was one that a number of companies, including Lockheed Martin, had been tracking for over a year. “We were familiar with this adversary, and were familiar with their tactics and procedures,” he said. “We’re glad Mandiant stood up.”
