Overview
- Authorities report that forensic work to date shows only a few dozen confidential files were extracted, contesting hacker claims of data on about 16.4 million people.
- Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez calls the intrusion very serious and says no ransom demand has been received.
- The Paris prosecutor’s office has opened a criminal probe led by the national cybercrime office (OFAC), with ANSSI and the CNIL engaged and an internal administrative inquiry underway.
- A 22-year-old man already known to justice was arrested and placed in custody in connection with the case, with the arrest occurring in Haute-Vienne.
- The ministry has closed compromised accounts, mandated two-factor authentication and flagged lapses such as plaintext password exchanges over email as enabling factors.