France
Cyber Attack stories trending on Google
1.) France based Tarkett flooring company has made it official that its servers suffered a serious cyber attack last week disrupting operations since April 29th, 2020. However, the company denied that there was any information leak in the incident and added that all precautionary measures have been taken to avoid such incidents in the future. […]
French government announces $4.3 billion plan to support startups
As France and entire Europe is struggling to contain the spread of Covid 19 pandemic, financial experts suggest that the chances are ripe for the next recession to emerge by August this year. So, under such circumstances, the government of France has announced a $4.3 billion support package for companies that are struggling with revenue […]
France to launch cyberattacks on hackers in retaliation
France law enforcement authorities are planning to hit out at the cyber assailants who have targeted Rouen Hospital with ransomware on November 15th of this year. “As the hackers are still active in targeting more agencies in France, we are planning to digitally target them in retaliation”, said Guillaume Poupard, the head of National Cyber […]
French Police destroyed botnet server controlling 850,000 Microsoft Windows PCs
A specially formed cyber team from the France police has reportedly conducted a special operation in August this year to destroy a botnet server which was suspected to be controlling over 850,000 viruses-infected Microsoft Windows Computer systems. Yes, you’ve have read it right! C3N which happens to be a special judicial unit of the National […]
Varenyky malware hits French Orange Customers
Varenyky malware which is new to the online world is found to be infecting French Orange customers for now and is said to have already victimized more than 1400 people so far through phishing email attacks. Security researchers at ESET have revealed that the said malware has the potential to take S#$tortion to a new […]
Cyber Attack simulation by G7 Countries
Group of Seven Nations shortly referred to as G7 countries are all set to simulate a cross border cyber attack on the financial sector of France early next month. The cyber attack will be in the form of a malware which will be reportedly infected onto the technical components of the financial sector. “French Central […]
France imposes 50M Euros penalty on Google for targeted advertising
France data watchdog has imposed a hefty fine of 50 million Euros on Google for making it difficult to users to understand and manage preferences on how their personal information is being used and how they are being targeted by ads. CNIL or the National Commission on Informatics and Liberty is said to have imposed […]
No Cyber Attacks on FIFA World Cup 2018
Just a few hours ago the final match of FIFA World Cup 2018 was conducted in Russia’s Luzgniki Stadium between France and Croatia and it was France which bagged the World Cup Football 2018 title for the second time. No doubt the game was thrilling even though most of the time the ball was shuffled […]
Britain and France call for Digital Cyber Threat Alliance despite Brexit differences!
Britain and France have put all their Brexit differences aside to form a digital alliance to bolster their respective digital defenses. Representatives from both countries who joined the one day conference on Cybersecurity at the UK’s embassy in Paris today said that the event has allowed them to explore opportunities for Franco-British commercial, academic, and […]
Spanish watchdog slaps 1.2 million Euros fine to Facebook for sharing user data with advertisers
Spanish Data Protection Watchdog has slapped a fine of 1.2 million Euros against Facebook for failing to protect user data from being accessed by advertisers. Financial experts, however, say that the said fine is small in the context of the company which posted an advertising revenue of $9.2 billion in the 2Q of this year. […]
