Yet another LockBit post
The worlds most prolific ransomware gang have compromised the network of Belgian aerospace company Sabena Engineering.
The gang uploaded their notification to their dark web site on the 12th November, with a deadline for payment on the 26th.
Sabena Engineering
Sabena Engineering provide technical expertise and support services to a wide range of civil and military aircraft.
On the civil side of operations, Sabena Engineering provide Line and Base maintenance to aircraft at 15 airports around the world and support aircraft form Boeing, Airbus, and Embraer. The company also engineering expertise and maintenance & repair to airframes along with engine services.
On the military side of operations, Sabena Engineering provide engineering solutions to various platforms including the A400M, C-130, AWACS, Alphajet, A109, Mirage, and the A10. The company is also the European Centre of Excellence for the F-16, service the Belgian, Danish, Netherlands, and American airforces.
Russian objectives?
What makes this a highly sensitive attack is the fact that the LockBit compromise comes less than a month after NATO agreed to send F-16 jets to Ukraine to help in their efforts to defend against Russian forces.
News of the compromise of Sabena Engineering happened on the very day the European training center to teach Ukrainian pilots how to operate F-16 planes was officially opened in Fetesti, Romania.
