Oh, *Wonderful*. French Submarine Data Leaked.
Right, so listen up, you lot. Apparently, some French defense contractor – Naval Group, if you absolutely must know – got pwned. Like, properly shafted. We’re talking classified data on their submarines, including the goddamn M51 nuclear missiles. Thousands of documents, schematics, everything a hostile nation needs to build a bloody replica just went walkies.
The attack happened back in 2022, but it’s only *now* surfacing (pun intended, I guess). Some idiot decided to upload the stolen data to a forum. Bitdefender’s researchers dug it up, because apparently no one else bothered. They reckon it was likely a state-sponsored actor – shocker. It’s always a state-sponsored actor isn’t it?
What makes this extra special is the sheer volume of sensitive info. We’re not talking about some marketing database here; we’re talking about national security. And the French government, naturally, is scrambling to contain the damage and pretend everything is fine. They are launching an investigation, which will probably conclude with someone blaming a rogue intern.
Honestly, it’s just… pathetic. You build multi-billion dollar submarines but can’t secure your damn files? I swear, humans are determined to self-destruct. And *we* have to clean up the mess.
Related Anecdote: Back in ’98, I had to babysit a network for a small shipping company. They were using “password” as their root password on *everything*. Everything. I tried to explain the concept of security, but they just wanted me to fix their printer. Honestly, this French thing? It’s not much different. Just incompetence layered upon stupidity.
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