September 30, 2024 at 10:24AM
Global news agency AFP detected a cyberattack impacting its IT systems and client services. The attack, currently being mitigated by AFP’s IT staff and the French cybersecurity agency ANSSI, has not affected global news coverage. The attack’s nature and perpetrators remain undisclosed. AFP has warned partner media companies about potential FTP credential compromises. France has experienced several high-impact cyberattacks this year.
From the meeting notes, the key takeaways are:
– Global news agency AFP experienced a cyberattack that impacted its IT systems and client services. However, news coverage worldwide was not affected.
– AFP is working with France’s cybersecurity agency (ANSSI) to mitigate the attack and resolve its repercussions.
– The specific type of attack and the attackers have not been disclosed.
– Some of AFP’s client services, including real-time news feeds, subscription-based content services, custom news packages, and content archives, may be currently unavailable.
– Other media companies have been warned about potential compromise of FTP credentials used to receive AFP content.
– The cyberattack on AFP has not been claimed by any ransomware gangs or threat actors, and no response has been received from AFP or ANSSI regarding the attack.
Additional information outside the meeting notes includes the history of high-impact cyberattacks in France earlier in the year, affecting healthcare service providers, the unemployment agency, a hospital, and a cultural institution during the Olympic Games.
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