Defense firms face cyber spying at arms bazaar

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) – Top arms groups are on high alert to counter cyber spies from stealing their own secrets at a major arms bazaar outside Paris, even as they market new ways to clients on how to repel hackers in the digital battlespace.

France is hosting the world’s largest arms fair for land forces near Paris airport Charles de Gaulle, attended by up to 50,000 people who make, buy and use advanced weapons.

The exhibition space bristles with weaponry from 130 countries including tanks, armored vehicles, riot gear and display cases crammed with guns and ammunition.

But the crowded arms bazaar is also a snooper’s paradise and another proving ground for the cyber war which is already testing the resources of major-league Defense companies.