French submarine company DCNS hit by hacking attack in India

Summary:

In 2011, the French submarine company DCNS was hit by hacking attack in India. An overseas actor hacked into their network, to conduct economic warfare. It resulted in the theft of 22.400 files including highly sensitive documents detailed the stealth capabilities as well as magnetic, electromagnetic and infrared data of the Scorpène-class vessel. It allowed the attackers to understand everything about the submarines: what speeds it can do, how noisy it is, what speeds the mast can be raised at, et cetera. The leak has raised doubts about the security of DCNS’s submarine project in Australia where it is locked in exclusive negotiations after seeing off rivals for a A$50 billion ($38 billion) contract to build the Barracuda next generation of submarines.

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https://www.france24.com/en/20160824-french-submarine-data-leak-could-jeopardise-naval-security

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