PARIS, Dec 12 (Reuters) - The 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
French Ministry's Email Servers Compromised in Cyber Attack
PARIS, Dec 12 (Reuters) - The 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.
(Reporting by Dominique Vidalon; Editing by Benoit Van Overstraeten)
