France to boost cyberdefense after hospital malware attacks
Associated PressPARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday unveiled a plan to better arm public facilities and private companies against cybercriminals following ransomware attacks at two hospitals this month and an upsurge of similar cyber assaults in France. Macron discussed the attacks with officials and workers from both hospitals, saying the incident “shows how the threat is very serious, sometimes vital.” “We are learning about these new attacks, some coming from states as part of new conflicts between nations, others coming from mafias,” the French leader said during a videoconference. ANSSI said Monday that an attack similar to one used by Russian hackers targeted software distributed by the French company Centreon, resulting in the breach of “several French entities” from late 2017 to 2020. “This campaign bears several similarities with previous campaigns attributed to the intrusion set named Sandworm,” ANSSI said in a statement Monday.
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