Chinese Hackers May Have Attempted to Steal Airbus Secrets via Contractors: AFP

Chinese Hackers May Have Attempted to Steal Airbus Secrets via Contractors: AFP
A man walks past an Airbus logo at the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition in Langkawi, Malaysia on March 28, 2019. Feline Lim/Reuters
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PARIS—A series of cyberattacks on Airbus in the past few months were conducted via the computer systems of its suppliers and contractors and security sources suspect a link to China, AFP news agency reported on Sept 26.

Airbus, the world’s second-largest aerospace group, did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the report. China’s foreign ministry and its official cyber regulator did not respond to requests for comment on the report.