France has been accused of Russian Army Intelligence Agency Crew Orchestrate cyber attacks targeting French government agencies, companies and Olympic Games in Paris. GRU has used a popular group of popular computer pirates APT28, also known as Fancy Pierre, to attack or compromise a dozen French companies since 2021, a Report The French Cyber Security Agency released on Tuesday.
There were companies associated with the objectives Astronaut.
According to the report, Cyber attacks are aimed at gathering Information, especially in the context of a large -scale invasion on Ukraine by Russia. Tuesday, the French Foreign Minister, Jean-Wall Barrat, He confirmed in X as “France observes, prevents and fights its enemies” and released a video about Russia’s “peaceful war” against France.
The French Foreign Ministry said Cyber attacks against APT28 country Since 2015, the TV 5 Monte Station has been taken up by a big hacking. Paris also said that a group of computer pirates tried to disrupt the French elections in 2017. When thousands of emails leaked And the documents attached to the then candidate and eventually winner Emmanuel Macron have spread with false information.
In the ANSSI report, Ukraine companies are not mentioned in the attacks on other parts of Europe and North America. APT28 and GRU are linked to the universal hocchios High profile, even in the US elections of 2016, they were accused of draining Compromise emails.
“These inconsistent measures are unacceptable and the permanent member of the UN Security Committee is ineligible,” the French Foreign Ministry said in a statement. “France is determined to use all the media, along with its allies At your fingertips to expect, prevent and reaction to Russia’s malicious behavior in cyberpace. “
The Russian Embassy in Paris and Kremlin did not comment on this. Although it is not usual to name France, it is not customary to be ashamed of the teachers of cyberly brine, One of the strongest supporters in Paris Ukraine He is working to ensure that a peace agreement mediated by the United States is not further bold for Russia and threatens the security of Europe.
