Boeing and ATR in the sights of the hacker who had worked in US and NATO facilities
New details on the investigation by the Naples prosecutor's office on Leonardo's former employee, Arturo D'Elia. The aims of illicit activities, the targets of hacheraggio and where D'Elia (Nato communications & information agency and Air Force Office of special investigation) had worked
The former employee of Leonardo arrested is Arturo D'Elia, who before being put on the door was in charge of managing the IT security of the former Finmeccanica group active in defense, security and aerospace. Yesterday he ended up in prison, at the disposal of the investigating judge of Naples Roberto D'Auria, accused of having stolen 10 gigabytes of data and information of significant corporate value.
WHO IS ARTURO D'ELIA
The alleged hacker, Arturo D'Elia, 38 years old from Eboli, is a former employee of Leonardo where he was in charge of IT security management.
D'ELIA'S CURRICULUM (SOURCE: LINKEDIN)
D'Elia since January 2010 – for 11 years – has worked on behalf of the public prosecutor of Benevento. Then he was IT consultant for Alenia Aermacchi (from September 2014 to December 2015) in Naples. He was also IT security consultant at NATO communications & information agency ( Nci Agency ), from February 2010 to November 2015, in Rome. From February 2004 to August 2014 he was IT consultant at Alcatel Lucent in Battipaglia. Before that, from February 2005 to February 2006, he was IT security consultant at the Air Force Office of special investigation ( Afosi ), a US government agency.
WHAT THE GIP WRITES
According to Il Messaggero , the investigating judge D'Auria writes: "It immediately emerged that the permanence of D'Elia in the company, the position held, had been supported by the top management of the company, represented – in this case – by Andrea Biraghi, of the security and information systems division (he is not investigated, but he was removed from the company by the CEO Alessandro Profumo, due to alleged irregularities regarding the management of subcontracts of the purchasing office of his division) and by Romolo Bernardi ( weapon officer until 1988, then in Finmeccanica-Leonardo, until 2018) ".
THE ACCUSATIONS OF THE NAPLES PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE
The Naples Public Prosecutor's Office (on Cnaipic computer investigations) accuses an Italian citizen, Arturo D'Elia, Leonardo's external consultant (unauthorized access to the computer system, illicit interception of electronic communications and illicit processing of personal data) and former IT security manager, for whom the investigating judge ordered imprisonment. An employee, Antonio Rossi, head of the Cyber Emergency Readiness Team, the Leonardo team that deals with cyber threats, is accused of misdirection. According to reports from Reuters, La Stampa wrote, the Naples prosecutor's office said that the suspects used malware and extracted "classified information".
THE TARGETS OF D'ELIA'S ATTACK
According to La Stampa , the target of the attack was not just computers in Pomigliano d'Arco and – according to a source familiar with the matter – not only connectivity was used, but normal USB sticks.
BOEING AND ATR IN D'ELIA'S SIGHT
Cristiana Mangani del Messaggero wrote : “The hacker allegedly stole information on the components of the Boeing or ATR, a theft that is still of great importance, and that he could have sold to who knows what competitor company, if not to a State. Certainly not an intelligence leak like those of Vault 7, the hacking program of which Wikileaks then published the confidential documents. Leonardo's cyber security passes through other channels and accesses are subject to possession of the Nos, the security clearance. D'Elia was clearly not part of this group. The real strategic center of the company is located in Chieti, and is operational 24 hours a day ”.
LEONARDO, WHEN THE FACTS HAPPENED
The events occurred in the season preceding that of Luciano Carta, a civil servant esteemed by all, former head of foreign secret services, in Leonardo since May. What happened in previous years? Jacopo Iacoboni asked himself in La Stampa . So much so that Dagospia remarked : "The events took place when the president was the former head of the police and secret services, De Gennaro, flanked by the CEO, Moretti".
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This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/boeing-e-atr-nel-mirino-dellhacker-che-aveva-lavorato-in-strutture-usa-e-nato/ on Mon, 07 Dec 2020 19:06:32 +0000.