Indian and international experts were divided on how damaging the leak of sensitive data on the Scorpene submarine could prove to be and whether it could have compromised the platform. Read: India assesses vulnerability of Scorpene submarines after leak of secret dataPeter Roberts of the Royal United Services Institute in London said the most serious implications from the leak were the “frequency signature details” of the Scorpene class. “The major risk…is from the exposure of data related to propeller and radiated noise – as a result, Indian submarines will be more vulnerable after the data breach,” he said. Such leaks will “allow submarine hunters to refine their searches rather than just searching large swathes of water”, he said. (With inputs from Prasun Sonwalkar in London and Yashwant Raj in Washington)Read: Scorpene submarines documents leak case of hacking: Manohar Parrikar

Source: Hindustan Times August 24, 2016 16:18 UTC