India was on Wednesday scrambling to assess the vulnerability of the mainstay of its future submarine fleet after the leak of a massive cache of secret documents detailing the combat capabilities of the French-designed Scorpene submarines. Read: Scorpene submarines documents leak case of hacking: Manohar ParrikarThe military establishment insisted that the leak was a “cause of concern” but was not serious enough to compromise the Scorpene submarines. However, an official statement issued by DCNS in Paris acknowledged that the sensitive data made public was a “serious matter”. Read: France’s DCNS says Scorpene submarine data leak may be ‘economic warfare’Peter Roberts of the Royal United Services Institute in London said the most serious implications from the leak were the “frequency signature details” associated with the Scorpene. “The major risk, following this disclosure, 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 told HT.

Source: Hindustan Times August 24, 2016 14:48 UTC