Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp., which hired a former National Security Agency chief to market cybersecurity programs to the government, said some of its own files were exposed after an attack by hackers. The files “pertained to a learning management system for a government agency,” the company said in a statement Tuesday. Booz Allen is conducting a full review of the incident and doesn’t believe the attack affected other data, the statement said without naming the U.S. agency.
Booz Allen Executive Vice President Mike McConnell, a former Navy vice admiral who ran the National Security Agency from 1992 to 1996, has been a leading proponent of bolstering the nation’s defenses against computer attack.
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