The Ministry of Economy and Finance of France has been for weeks a large-scale cyber attack, which has affected more than 150 computers and documents that have been pirated preparations for the G-20. The intrusion, which began in December and lasted until last weekend, ahead today as the magazine Paris Match, has been confirmed by the French Government.
The main target of the attack has been the Treasury Department, although the information is focused mainly pirated "in international affairs," the secretary general of the Ministry of Finance and Budget, Dominique Lamiot, who claims to have "certainty that no data personal "on French taxpayers has been" affected or compromised.
" Budget Minister Francois Baroin, has indicated that there are different "tracks" to be confirmed on the origin of this attack, the first of this caliber against the French administration, but "probably" come from abroad. The raid coincided with the start of the French presidency of the G-20.
In February, she hosted a summit of the Group of 20 major developed and developing countries. A senior official has said Paris Match, on condition of anonymity that some of the information concerned has been "redirected to Chinese sites. But that does not tell us much." Baroin has admitted it is "first time" that there is a cyber attack as "spectacular" against the French State, in an interview with Europe 1 radio.
The attack has led the ministry to "substantially strengthen their security systems," according Lamiot. Review alerts The first 12,000 computers jumped in early January, at which time an investigation was triggered which directed the National Security Information Systems (Anssi), which has occupied 20 to 30 people "day and night," said Patrick Pailloux, the general manager Anssi.
Although this weekend has conducted a review operation and maintenance of 12,000 computers of the economics department (of a total of 170,000), those responsible for the investigation have admitted it will take weeks to identify the 150 officers infiltrated by computer and restore the security assurances of the Ministry.
According to general manager Anssi, the pirates were trying to attack other ministries. Maybe there are things we have not seen, but as far as I know, have only played Bercy ", the headquarters of the Ministry of Economy and Finance. The agency has found that neither services nor Elysium Prime Minister have been affected by the cyberattack.
"They are as metastasis" Hackers infiltrated the ministerial computer system with a classical system but very effective. Through an e-mail hacked, introduced a trojan in an attachment in a message. User to open the document, the program hacker took control of the team and could be accessed from there to other people's computers who were in contact with him.
According to one expert quoted by Paris Match, "are as metastasis. They spread very quickly." Although it is unknown authorship of cyberattack, "it is committed professional and organized. It is the first attack against the French state of this scale and this scale," said Pailloux. Around the same time, in early January, the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Canada, which in 2010 hosted a summit of G-20, suffered another large-scale attack methods, at first glance, like, from China. 
The main target of the attack has been the Treasury Department, although the information is focused mainly pirated "in international affairs," the secretary general of the Ministry of Finance and Budget, Dominique Lamiot, who claims to have "certainty that no data personal "on French taxpayers has been" affected or compromised.
" Budget Minister Francois Baroin, has indicated that there are different "tracks" to be confirmed on the origin of this attack, the first of this caliber against the French administration, but "probably" come from abroad. The raid coincided with the start of the French presidency of the G-20.
In February, she hosted a summit of the Group of 20 major developed and developing countries. A senior official has said Paris Match, on condition of anonymity that some of the information concerned has been "redirected to Chinese sites. But that does not tell us much." Baroin has admitted it is "first time" that there is a cyber attack as "spectacular" against the French State, in an interview with Europe 1 radio.
The attack has led the ministry to "substantially strengthen their security systems," according Lamiot. Review alerts The first 12,000 computers jumped in early January, at which time an investigation was triggered which directed the National Security Information Systems (Anssi), which has occupied 20 to 30 people "day and night," said Patrick Pailloux, the general manager Anssi.
Although this weekend has conducted a review operation and maintenance of 12,000 computers of the economics department (of a total of 170,000), those responsible for the investigation have admitted it will take weeks to identify the 150 officers infiltrated by computer and restore the security assurances of the Ministry.
According to general manager Anssi, the pirates were trying to attack other ministries. Maybe there are things we have not seen, but as far as I know, have only played Bercy ", the headquarters of the Ministry of Economy and Finance. The agency has found that neither services nor Elysium Prime Minister have been affected by the cyberattack.
"They are as metastasis" Hackers infiltrated the ministerial computer system with a classical system but very effective. Through an e-mail hacked, introduced a trojan in an attachment in a message. User to open the document, the program hacker took control of the team and could be accessed from there to other people's computers who were in contact with him.
According to one expert quoted by Paris Match, "are as metastasis. They spread very quickly." Although it is unknown authorship of cyberattack, "it is committed professional and organized. It is the first attack against the French state of this scale and this scale," said Pailloux. Around the same time, in early January, the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Canada, which in 2010 hosted a summit of G-20, suffered another large-scale attack methods, at first glance, like, from China.
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