Overview
- An inquiry was opened after suspicious activity was detected on the Interior Ministry’s messaging servers and reported to Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau.
- Investigations have been entrusted to the Office anticybercriminalité, with the national cybersecurity agency ANSSI providing support.
- Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said there is currently no trace of a serious compromise, though an assailant may have accessed some files and data exfiltration is not yet confirmed.
- The ministry enacted immediate containment and strengthened protections, including proactive server and mailbox analyses, mandatory two‑factor authentication, and stricter access practices.
- Attribution remains unknown, with possibilities ranging from foreign interference to actors seeking to challenge public authorities or ordinary cybercrime.