The anti-Israel hacker group Cyber Support Front has claimed it penetrated the internal network of Novamil Systems Limited, an Israeli supplier of military equipment, and disrupted the company’s operations. In a statement, the group said it removed critical equipment from service and effectively disabled the company. No date for the alleged operation was provided in the source.

The group described Novamil as a specialist in component assembly, high-precision sensitive parts manufacturing and reverse engineering, with extensive cooperation with Israeli defence and aerospace companies. Novamil produces precision components for fighter aircraft and military systems, including electro-mechanical and opto-mechanical assemblies used in guidance and control systems, night vision, thermal cameras and targeting technology.

Cyber Support Front said it accessed the factory network using technology developed by several teams that joined it over the past six months. It claimed to have obtained about one terabyte of sensitive data and disabled all computer numerical control machines and other critical network systems, severely damaging production capacity. The group also said it had previously targeted infrastructure at more than 10 Israeli military-sector companies.