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Data theft and extortion of a U.S. aerospace company

Date (as written)
2024
Year
2024
Country
United States
Actors (as written)
Moonstone Sleet
Actor pages
Moonstone Sleet
Tags (as written)
data theft; extortion
Dollar figures (as written)
100 BTC

Source entries (1)

Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT) report, 22 Oct 2025

Data theft and extortion of a U.S. aerospace company · 2024
(MSMT/2025/2, report p. 39) “Moonstone Sleet actors also use simple extortion tactics after stealing sensitive data. In one case in 2024, Moonstone Sleet actors successfully stole proprietary information from a U.S. aerospace company and demanded 100 BTC for the return of the data.”
https://github.com/tayvano/lazarus-bluenoroff-research/blob/main/pdfs/2025-10-22_MSMT-Report.pdf

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