Multiple French government institutions’ emails, passwords exposed, hackers claim

Multiple emails and passwords attributed to numerous France-based organizations and institutions were posted on a dark web forum run by a prominent ransomware cartel.

The dataset was posted by the Stormous ransomware cartel, with attackers claiming it’s a “comprehensive leak” from “high-profile French government organizations.” The Cybernews research team investigated the claims, concluding the supposed leak did include some data, albeit of questionable quality.

For one, while the leaked data appears to come from high-profile French government institutions, the passwords are hashed using an outdated MD5 algorithm, deemed weak by numerous security researchers.

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