The magazine does not reveal information regarding what these orders were or when they were carried out.
The replacement is due to be finished by 2025.
Bundeswehr, the German army own the missiles and operate them.
The battery is composed of two radars and six launchers, according to Die Welt.
Only nation-states would have the power to hack such a system, he says.
This is unlikely to have been a fortunate amateur hacker.
If it has happened it would have been a focused effort on behalf of someone, says Lawson.
However, he adds that the Patriot technology needs to be upgraded, as it is old.
Missile systems have the same vulnerabilities that exist in critical infrastructure.
There are rare reports of cyber attacks on industrial or military.
source: www.techworm.net
