However the firm stated that its ship design and drawings for vendors and customers are neither ”sensitive nor classified”.
Austal, a company which builds the U.S. Navy’s Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship said that there were no indications that the data breach had national security implications. Stating ”Austal’s business in the United States is unaffected by this issue as the computer systems are not linked.”
The Australian Cyber Security Centre and the Australian Federal Police are investigating the attack, and the Australian Department of Defence is providing technical assistance.
