<p>Documents relating to Indian submarines were stolen from French naval contractor DCNS and not leaked, a French government source said on Thursday, adding that the information published so far showed only operational aspects of the submarines.<br /><br /></p>.<p>India and France have opened investigations after The Australian newspaper published on Wednesday documents about its Scorpene submarines being built in India.<br /><br />"It is not a leak, it is theft," the source said. "We have not found any DCNS negligence, but we have identified some dishonesty by an individual."<br /><br />The source said the documents looked to have been stolen in 2011 by a former French employee that had been fired while providing training in India on the use of the submarines.<br /><br />The documents were not classified and at this stage appeared to only focus on the operational elements of the submarines, the source said.<br /></p>
<p>Documents relating to Indian submarines were stolen from French naval contractor DCNS and not leaked, a French government source said on Thursday, adding that the information published so far showed only operational aspects of the submarines.<br /><br /></p>.<p>India and France have opened investigations after The Australian newspaper published on Wednesday documents about its Scorpene submarines being built in India.<br /><br />"It is not a leak, it is theft," the source said. "We have not found any DCNS negligence, but we have identified some dishonesty by an individual."<br /><br />The source said the documents looked to have been stolen in 2011 by a former French employee that had been fired while providing training in India on the use of the submarines.<br /><br />The documents were not classified and at this stage appeared to only focus on the operational elements of the submarines, the source said.<br /></p>