Thankfully, Lockheed-Martin detected the attack and acted quickly to thwart it. A spokesperson for that no customer, program, or employee data has been compromised as a result of this attack.

But, the entire incident--starting from the RSA Security attack and compromise of the SecurID tokens, and ending at Lockheed-Martin--illustrates that malware and cyber-crime are becoming more insidious. Malware has evolved from a trivial, script-kiddie nuisance, to a professional crime syndicate, and now into a tool for .