Virus attacks Spain's defence intranet, foreign state suspected - paper


  • World
  • Tuesday, 26 Mar 2019

FILE PHOTO - A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration

MADRID (Reuters) - A computer virus infected the Spanish Defence Ministry's intranet this month with the aim of stealing high tech military secrets, El Paيs newspaper said on Tuesday, citing sources leading the investigation as suspecting a foreign power behind the cyberattack.

A Defence Ministry spokesman said the ministry would not comment.

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