French Interior Ministry’s e-mail servers hit by cyber attack, minister says

he French ‍Interior ‌Ministry’s e-mail servers were the ⁠target of ‌a cyber attack this week, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez ⁠said on Friday, adding an investigation ​was under way.

“There has ‌been a cyber ⁠attack. An attacker was able to access a ​number of files … there is no evidence that they were seriously compromised,” Nunez ​told ‍RTL radio. “We ​have put in place protection measures. We strengthened conditions of access to the computer system for our ⁠agents … an investigation is under way,” he ​added.

There was no indication at this stage on the origin of ‌the attack.

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