India says submarine document leak 'a case of hacking'

The submarines are being built at a state-run shipyard in Mumbai


Reuters August 24, 2016
India's defence minister said documents relating to the French Scorpene submarine being built in the country appeared to have been hacked. PHOTO: REUTERS

India's defence minister said documents relating to the French Scorpene submarine being built in the country appeared to have been hacked, after an Australian newspaper reported a leak of thousands of pages detailing the vessel's top-secret capability.

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"I understand there has been a case of hacking, we will find out what has happened," Manohar Parrikar told reporters.

The submarines are being built at a state-run shipyard in Mumbai in collaboration with France's DCNS Group.

The French shipbuilder which earlier this year won a A$50 billion ($38.06 billion) contract to build Australia’s next generation of submarines has suffered a massive data leak, raising doubts about the security of one of the world’s biggest defense projects.

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France's DCNS Group beat out Germany's ThyssenKrupp AG and a Japanese-government backed bid by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, in a blow to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's push to develop defense export capabilities as part of a more muscular security agenda.

COMMENTS (4)

curious2 | 7 years ago | Reply This submarine is only used by 3rd World countries and the only "high tech/secret" features that might be considered special are the addition of Indian battery and air filtration technology which should prolong it's ability to stay under water - both technologies improve the performance of this submarine but aren't that unique. In short - embarrassing but no big deal.
Bunny Rabbit | 7 years ago | Reply Our ministers are more involved in what others say and defend of offend them rather than taking their jobs seriously.
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