Exclusive: France's Snecma targeted by hackers - researcher

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/18/us-hacking-snecma-idUSBREA1H1Z320140218

By JIM FINKLE
Reuters
Feb 18, 2014

French aerospace engine maker Snecma, a unit of Safran, was attacked by 
hackers who exploited a vulnerability in Microsoft Corp's Internet 
Explorer, according to a computer security researcher.

It was not clear how successful the hackers had been in their efforts to 
breach Snecma's network, according to the researcher, who has studied 
malicious software and infrastructure used by the hackers.

A spokeswoman for Snecma's parent, Safran, said she had no immediate 
comment.

The researcher said the malicious software used by the hackers contained 
code that identified Internet domain names belonging to Snecma. The 
researcher declined to be identified by name as he was not authorized to 
publicly discuss the matter.

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