French nuclear secrets exposed to hacker attack

A hacker using the pseudonym Neferpitou has gained access to internal data of the French defense company Naval Group, which builds warships. This was reported by the France3 television channel.

The cybercriminal posted 13 gigabytes of information online, including French nuclear secrets. The published data included codes for combat systems used on French frigates and nuclear submarines, weapons software, manuals and other information.

Cybercrime expert Clement Domingo confirmed that this data was published online.