Hacking the Ministry of Justice: “the official doctrine is not to pay the ransoms”
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Hackers hit Kaseya, a firm that provides IT services to other companies, with a ransomware attack that could have targeted as many as 1,000 other businesses just before the long holiday July 4, 2021 weekend in the United States PAUL FAITH AFP/File
By: Jean-Baptiste Marot Follow
A group of hackers called Lockbit 2.0 claims to have hacked into the French Ministry of Justice and is threatening to publish the thousands of documents it has managed to steal if a ransom is not paid to it before February 10.
Interview with Fabrice Epelboin, teacher at Sciences Po Paris, entrepreneur, specialist in cybersecurity issues.
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In the aftermath of this claim, Place Vendôme is content for the moment to play down the drama.
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