A virus specialized for AutoCAD, a perfect cyber espionage tool, is a perfect tool for spy purposes. The virus has been developed to steal blueprints from private companies mostly based in Peru. The malware detected is written in AutoLISP, an AutoCad scripting language, ACAD/Medre.A. The malware has been detected several months ago but only in the last weeks it has been observed an explosion of the number of infected systems. The case of Nortel is considered a case study for the impact of cyber espionage on the business of private companies.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2012/06/virus-specialized-for-autocad-perfect.html