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Hacker Claims 200GB Data Theft From European Space Agency — Here’s What We Know

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Feed Name: TechRepublic Security

Threat Score
70/100

Date Published: 2026-01-02

Date Updated: 2026-04-23

Author: TechRepublic Staff

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The European Space Agency is investigating a claimed data exfiltration by a threat actor known as “888,” who alleges they accessed external science and collaboration servers in mid-December and is now offering hundreds of gigabytes of agency data for sale; ESA says only a small number of unclassified external servers may have been impacted and forensic work is ongoing.

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