The French finance ministry has shut down 10,000 computers after a “spectacular” cyber attack from hackers using Internet addresses in China, officials and reports said on Monday.
The hackers were hunting for documents relating to the Group of 20 (G20) developed and developing nations, which this year is led by France, said Budget Minister Francois Baron, adding that a probe was under way into the attacks.
“We have leads,” Baroin told Europe 1 radio, saying that what he called a “spectacular” attack was “probably the first time” that the French government’s computer system had been hit on this scale.
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This is the day after Chinese hackers hacked South Korea’s defense network and stole information regarding drones. There are also reports of a Chinese-backed DDoS launched on Wordpress servers today.
In the past two years, we’ve seen Chinese hackers attack India’s national security departments, former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, global oil companies, gain access to plans to the JSF program, German government computers, Google, Morgan Stanley, NATO, 103 country’s embassies, and an untold many more. This needs to stop — and stop immediately.
