“To safeguard sensitive operational information, we will not comment any further on the details,” it added in a statement.
The Mail on Sunday reported , externalthe documents hold information about a number of sensitive RAF and Navy bases, including RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk, where the US Air Force’s F-35 jets are based.
A Dodd Group spokesperson said: “We can confirm that the Dodd Group recently experienced a ransomware incident whereby an unauthorised third-party gained temporary access to part of our internal systems.
“We took immediate steps to contain the incident, swiftly secure our systems and engaged a specialist IT forensic firm to investigate what happened.
“We are taking these claims extremely seriously and are working hard to validate this.”
The hacks follow a series of high-profile data breaches at the MoD.
In August it was revealed thousands of Afghans brought to safety in the UK had their personal data exposed after an MoD sub-contractor suffered a data breach.
Last year the personal information of an unknown number of serving UK military personnel was accessed in a significant data breach.
“To safeguard sensitive operational information, we will not comment any further on the details,” it added in a statement.
The Mail on Sunday reported , externalthe documents hold information about a number of sensitive RAF and Navy bases, including RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk, where the US Air Force’s F-35 jets are based.
A Dodd Group spokesperson said: “We can confirm that the Dodd Group recently experienced a ransomware incident whereby an unauthorised third-party gained temporary access to part of our internal systems.
“We took immediate steps to contain the incident, swiftly secure our systems and engaged a specialist IT forensic firm to investigate what happened.
“We are taking these claims extremely seriously and are working hard to validate this.”
The hacks follow a series of high-profile data breaches at the MoD.
In August it was revealed thousands of Afghans brought to safety in the UK had their personal data exposed after an MoD sub-contractor suffered a data breach.
Last year the personal information of an unknown number of serving UK military personnel was accessed in a significant data breach.
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