The Paris court targeted by a computer attack

Cyber ​​threats are numerous.

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The Paris court has just been the target of a massive computer attack.

An investigation was opened by the Paris prosecutor's office and entrusted to the General Directorate of Internal Security.

A source familiar with the matter clarified that this attack was on a wider scale, not limited to the Paris court.

The computer attack affected several personalities, from the public prosecutor Rémy Heitz through lawyers and investigating judges responsible for sensitive cases, such as Aude Buresi, investigating judge at the financial center who worked in particular on the illegal financing of the former FN or the Libyan dossier of Nicolas Sarkozy, indicates the

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The "Trojan Horse" technique

The hacking appears to have taken place through fraudulent e-mails, a technique known as a "Trojan horse".

“Thursday morning, I saw that I was receiving emails from people who hadn't emailed me for three years, on old files, I didn't understand what was going on.

I had vaguely seen the day before a curious email, which I had tried to open, "said one of the lawyers affected, Me Jean-Marc Delas.

This lawyer's computer system was disrupted for a day and a half.

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