France assures cooperation on Scorpene data leak probe
French Ambassador Alexandre Ziegler on Wednesday assured that France will act in "close cooperation" with Indian authorities in connection with the leak of sensitive data on Scorpene submarines. Earlier, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar had said the leak was a case of hacking. India is building six Scorpene submarines in collaboration with French company DCNS at a cost of $3.5 billion.