German Maker of Israeli Submarines Says Secrets Stolen In ‘Massive’ Cyberattack
ThyssenKrupp, the German maker of Israel’s new fleet of submarines, has been the victim of a “massive” cyberattack, the company said Thursday.
ThyssenKrupp, the German maker of Israel’s new fleet of submarines, has been the victim of a “massive” cyberattack, the company said Thursday.
Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman (Yisrael Beytenu) responded in the Finance Committee to the revelation that some of funds spent on the new submarine deal with Germany will end up in the hands of Iran.
A United Arab Emirates-based company is contracted to help build warships for the Israeli Navy.
An Iranian state-owned firm has substantial shares in the German shipping giant that is supplying the Israeli navy with submarines, a newspaper in Israel reported.
The chances of the Israeli-German sub deal falling through are increasing, a source at the German firm ThyssenKrupp has said.
Miki Ganor, the Israeli representative of the German company selling submarines to Israel, will receive some 10-30 million euros for brokering the deal, according to Germany’s Handelsblatt newspaper, which previously reported on corruption at the firm, ThyssenKrupp.
Germany’s ThyssenKrupp, which makes the submarines that Israel buys, has been involved in bribes of officials across the world to push the sale of its submarines, according to German news reports in 2015 and early 2016.