"Hacking" Suspected Behind Theft of India's Submarine Plans

French and Indian authorities have started investigations into the theft of sensitive files from French submarine maker DCNS.

The leak includes 22,400 pages of documents detailing plans for a Scorpene class combat submarine. The Indian Navy had contracted DCNS to build six new Scorpene boats to add to its existing fleet of 13 aging submarines.

Chile, Malaysia, and (soon) Brazil are also deploying the same Scorpene class submarines. The Australian newspaper announced the data breach. Australia has awarded a 12-submarine $38 billion contract to DCNS in April this year, but for a Barracuda class submarine model.

DCNS suffered cyber-attacks last year as well

Last year, during the contract bidding process,