The victim of a cyberattack, the pharmaceutical and cosmetics group Pierre Fabre has some production sites shut down, the company said on Wednesday.

The cyberattack took place on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, according to management, but its extent is not yet fully known.

The pharmaceutical and cosmetics group Pierre Fabre was the victim of a cyberattack and some production sites are shut down, the third French laboratory said on Wednesday.

"Part of the production activities have been stopped," said a communications manager for the group, without giving the scale.

The cyberattack took place on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, according to management, confirming information from France Bleu Occitanie.

"The distribution of products is not interrupted, however," she said.

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