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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