Airbus sacks 16 workers over ‘spying’

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Airbus sacks 16 workers over ‘spying’

Source: AFP | 00:05 UTC+8 December 2, 2019 |

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European aviation giant Airbus has fired 16 employees over a case that had prompted Germany to open a probe into suspected industrial espionage, German media reported yesterday.

National news agency DPA said Airbus confirmed the sackings but did not provide further details.

Sources at the company had said in September that German prosecutors were investigating suspected internal spying by Airbus employees over two arms projects with the German armed forces.

“Some of our employees had documents that they shouldn’t have had,” a source had said.

The employees work in the Munich-based Programme Line Communications, Intelligence and Security, which handles cybersecurity and related activities.

Airbus said it was conducting an “ongoing internal review with the support of an external law firm” in the case.

“The company is fully cooperating with relevant authorities to resolve the matter,” it said then in a statement.

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Airbus sacks 16 workers over ‘spying’

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