French interior ministry targeted in massive cyberattack, minister confirms

France’s Interior Ministry was targeted by a cyberattack several days ago that compromised email accounts and allowed hackers to access sensitive police files, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez confirmed Wednesday.

“We were the target of a malicious intrusion a few days ago,” Nuñez said in an interview on Franceinfo outlet. A judicial investigation is under way “to find the perpetrator very quickly.”

The intrusion occurred when attackers accessed “certain professional email inboxes” and “recovered access codes,” the minister said.

The hackers “were able to consult a number of important files,” including the Criminal Records Processing System (TAJ) and the Wanted Persons File (FPR), Nuñez said.

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