A malware was created to infect AutoCAD software systems and send stolen data to email addresses running on the Chinese-operated Internet provider 163.com. According to an article on eWeek, the purpose of these cyber attacks is to gain information on designs and business proposals and possibly bid on the same contracts at a lower price. The impact of these types of attacks can include potential losses of lucrative contracts to other firms who gain access to this information as well as the compromise of important company data.
http://www.eset.com/fileadmin/Images/US/Docs/Business/white_Papers/ESET_ACAD_Medre_A_whitepaper.pdf
http://midsizeinsider.com/en-us/article/cyber-attack-threatens-autocad-software
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