The Chinese hackers controlled by the authorities kidnapped a large amount of very secret information about the US preparations for combat operations under water, the newspaper The Washington Post. According to sources in the American authorities, hackers hacked computers of one of the contractors of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in January and February 2018.

As a result of cyber attacks, 614 gigabytes of information were stolen, related in particular to the secret project "Sea Dragon", sensor readings, encryption systems for radio communication and electronic warfare. Among the stolen data, according to The Washington Post, there were also plans to develop a supersonic anti-ship missile, which can enter the arsenal of American submarines until 2020.

Despite the confidential nature of the data, they were in an unclassified network of the contractor, noted the interlocutors of the newspaper. According to them, this circumstance casts doubt on the ability of the Navy to control contractors developing secret weapons.

The investigation of cyber attacks is conducted with the support of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, sources said The Washington Post. This department in turn refused to comment. Meanwhile, the representative of the Chinese government asked the news agency dpa to respond that Beijing is not aware of such hacker attacks.