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The Paris prosecutor's office's anti-cybercrime section has opened an investigation after computer attacks targeting several ministries since Sunday, the prosecutor's office said on Tuesday, requested by AFP.

The Paris prosecutor's office's anti-cybercrime section has opened an investigation after computer attacks targeting several ministries since Sunday, the prosecutor's office said on Tuesday, requested by AFP.

“This investigation concerns the offense of obstructing an automated data system committed by an organized gang, incurring 10 years of imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros,” underlined the prosecution, specifying that the investigation had been entrusted jointly referred to the DGSI and the C3N (Center for the fight against digital crime of the national gendarmerie).

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