Attention, this alert to the virus "We are all Paris" is an intoxication

• A viral message alerting against a dangerous computer virus called "We are all Paris".
• In reality, this virus does not exist. The National Agency for Information Systems Security, however, calls for vigilance against suspicious emails, especially those containing attachments.

"URGENT ATTENTION VIGILANCE. This is a particularly alarmist message that has been circulating again on social networks for a few hours. The object of this warning, which would emanate from both the "Ministry of Foreign Affairs" and the "Cybercrime Department of the French Ministry of Defense"? An e-mail titled "We are all Paris" allegedly spread "on a large scale" in the past few days. Behind the photo of a "baby with a birth bracelet" that it contains, there is actually a formidable computer virus capable of taking control of the computer or the phone of its recipient to destroy the data that is find there.

A warning against a fake computer virus has been circulating for several days. - Screenshot

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Contacted by 20 Minutes , the Ministry of the Armed Forces indicates that it is a “rude forgery” and underlines in particular that the Ministry of Defense and that of Foreign Affairs have changed their name since the formation of the first government of Edouard Philippe, in May 2017. Florence Parly is the head of the Ministry of the Armed Forces, while her colleague Jean-Yves Le Drian heads the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs.

As the name of the alleged virus suggests, this viral message is the new version of a precedent, released just after the November 13 attacks. At the time, the government published a denial, which 20 Minutes had also echoed. We note in passing that a grammatical error was corrected compared to certain versions of 2015 (“DO NOT CLICK”), and the reference to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs added.

The email / sms "we are all Paris" is a fake! Beware of the content that you relay, check them beforehand https://t.co/9eRV48I9Kr #hoax

According to the Hoaxkiller.com site, which specializes in verifying information, "there is no virus corresponding to the characteristics described". And to add that this message is inspired by another hoax.

Vigilance remains in the face of suspicious attachments

The National Agency for Information Systems Security (Anssi), however, took advantage of its own denial, in November 2015, to recall that, in general, "e-mails and their attachments often play a central role in cyberattacks " This agency, attached to Matignon, therefore recommends "not to open attachments from unknown recipients" and to "check the consistency between the presumed sender and the content of the message". Another basic precaution: “Never respond by email to a request for personal or confidential information. "

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