La Poste said a major network incident took its systems offline, disrupting digital banking and online services for millions of users. The French national postal service La Poste confirmed a major cyber incident had knocked its information systems offline, disrupting digital banking and online services for millions of customers. Les services essentiels de la banque…
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French Interior Minister says hackers breached its email servers
The French interior minister confirmed that a cyberattack breached the Interior Ministry, compromising its email servers. The French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez announced on Friday that threat actors compromised email servers at the Ministry of the Interior. The attack was detected overnight between December 11 and 12, and according to the French interior minister, attackers…
cyber crime, Cybersecurity, Europol, France, Global Security News
Suspected Admin of XSS.IS Cybercrime Forum Arrested in Ukraine
Suspected admin of XSS.IS, a major Russian-language cybercrime forum, arrested in Ukraine after years of running malware and data trade operations.
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Quelle surprise! Twitter faces criminal probe in France
A criminal investigation into Twitter has been initiated by French prosecutors, over allegations that its algorithm is manipulated for the purposes of “foreign interference.”
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Russian Basketball Star Daniil Kasatkin Arrested in Ransomware Probe
Daniil Kasatkin, a Russian pro basketball player, faces US ransomware charges after his Paris arrest. His lawyer claims he’s “useless with computers,” raising questions about his alleged negotiator role in cybercrime.
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Russian basketball player arrested in ransomware case despite being “useless with computers”
A Russian professional basketball player has been arrested for allegedly acting as a negotiator for a ransomware gang… and despite his lawyer claiming he’s “useless” with computers. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
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50 customers of French bank hit after insider helped SIM swap scammers
French police have arrested a business student interning at the bank Société Générale who is accused of helping SIM-swapping scammers to defraud 50 of its clients. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
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Voluntary ‘Pall Mall Process’ seeks to curb spyware abuses
Twenty-one nations signed on to a voluntary accord last week in Paris to govern the use of commercial hacking tools commonly known as spyware, after more than a year of work on the agreement. The Pall Mall Process, or Code of Practices for States, has four pillars for the responsible use of the surveillance tech,…
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Macron unveils a $112B AI investment package, France’s answer to Stargate
French President Emmanuel Macron announced a total of €109 billion in private investments in the AI ecosystem (around $112 billion at current exchange rates) on Sunday evening. This week, Paris is hosting the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit — the third international summit focused on AI after the one in Bletchley Park in the U.K., and…
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UAE to invest billions to build AI data center in France
A few days ahead of the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris, the French presidency has announced the first of several expected financial initiatives related to AI. France’s Emmanuel Macron and the United Arab Emirates’ Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan have signed an agreement for a significant investment to build a massive data center dedicated…