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French small and medium businesses remained the organizations most targeted by ransomware in 2025
Elon Musk and X’s former CEO were summoned for voluntary interviews in Paris on April 20, 2026
The French data protection regulator said that France Travail’s response to a 2024 data breach violated GDPR
French postal service warns of “major network incident” just before Christmas
The French museum is planning to revamp its safety and security systems following a high-profile burglary in October
A fresh wave of spear-phishing linked to the Russia-based Star Blizzard group has been detected by Sekoia
The personal data of over two million amateur football players registered in France could be exposed
Nine alleged crypto scammers arrested in Cyprus, Germany and Spain
The infamous BreachForums site has been taken offline again to disrupt Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters
Apple has sent at least four notifications in 2025, according to the French national cybersecurity agency
Compromised data includes personal data such as patients’ full names, ages, phone numbers and email addresses
A Nigerian man accused of hacking, fraud and identity theft has been extradited from France to the US to face charges
Some of Orange’s professional and consumer services may be disrupted for a few days because of the cyber incident
Despite claims by a hacker, French defense company Naval Group has detected no intrusions into its IT environments at the time of writing
The French employment agency’s partner web portal has been accessed by a malicious actor
The French cybersecurity agency identified Houken, a new Chinese intrusion campaign targeting various industries in France
The hackers are also suspected of being behind several cyber-attacks, including against the French Football Federation
The French government has criticized Russia’s APT28 group for attacking 12 entities in a long-running espionage campaign
The FBI deleted Chinese PlugX malware from thousands of devices in the US, using a technique developed by French cybersecurity firm Sekoia.io
France’s four leading mobile operators, Bouygues, Free, Orange and SFR, have taken steps to combat mobile fraud as part of the GSMA Open Gateway initiative