Hyundai - makers of (some of) AEGIS - hacked?

[RedRed]

"The research institute suspects the culprits are Chinese or North Korean hackers but doesn't know specifically what information they stole," Kim said. "In the worst case, the blueprints of missiles and Aegis ship could have been stolen."

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http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200809/200809290015.html

Hey!

[cjolley]

Link?

[TransformX]

What I read is:
Someone stole blueprints of something so expensive almost nobody can afford to build, let alone have the factories capable of manufacturing such, unless it's a rather well developed country.

If another country gets these blue prints, then they might have saved some $$$ on development, but still needs the infrastructure and budget for building it.
Any other case means that any design flaw and other kinds of weaknesses will be revealed.

As for the missiles, I bet you could still buy cheaper from ex-USSR depots.