Officials in France and India have launched investigations of a massive data breach involving thousands of documents belonging to defense industry contractor DCNS, which was scheduled to deliver six Scorpene-class submarines to the Indian navy later this year. Hackers stole more than 22,000 pages of documents that included detailed technical information on the vessels, some of which was published online. DCNS acknowledged it was aware of the press coverage of the leak about the Indian Scorpene submarine project.Massive Data Breach Puts French Sub Maker in Crosshairs
Officials in France and India have launched investigations of a massive data breach involving thousands of documents belonging to defense industry contractor DCNS, which was scheduled to deliver six Scorpene-class submarines to the Indian navy later this year. Hackers stole more than 22,000 pages of documents that included detailed technical information on the vessels, some of which was published online. DCNS acknowledged it was aware of the press coverage of the leak about the Indian Scorpene submarine project.