The Grand Palais Réunion des musées nationaux in France has disclosed it suffered a cyberattack on Saturday night.
French cyber crime police are investigating a ransomware attack against the Grand Palais exhibition hall in Paris where Olympic events including fencing and Taekwondo are being held, Paris prosecutors said on Tuesday.
They said cyber criminals had targeted the institution’s central computer system, but the incident had not caused any disruption to Olympic events taking place in the iconic glass-roofed exhibition hall in the centre of the French capital.
The computer system at the venue also handles data for 40 mainly small museums with which it is affiliated, the prosecutors said in an email.
Franceinfo radio said the attackers had demanded payment of a ransom within 48 hours, threatening to post online the financial data they had obtained if they did not receive the unspecified sum of money.
The attack may not have disrupted anything, but it’s not a good look. Rogier Fischer, CEO, Hadrian
It is highly likely that the cyberattack on Grand Palais Rmn was initiated through stolen credentials,. Incidents like these show time and again that preventive measures are essential but not foolproof, as sophisticated cyberattacks continually evolve, exploiting new vulnerabilities and human error. While prevention is a critical component of cybersecurity, it must be complemented by robust detection and response capabilities. This involves implementing advanced threat detection systems that can identify and respond to suspicious activities in real time.
This incident puts cybersecurity in front of the world because of the fact that this happened during the Olympics. Which in turn illustrates that if you don’t want your bad news to be on CNN, you need to ensure that your defences against this sort of thing need to be on point.
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France’s Grand Palais Discloses That It Pas Pwned During The Olympics
The Grand Palais Réunion des musées nationaux in France has disclosed it suffered a cyberattack on Saturday night.
French cyber crime police are investigating a ransomware attack against the Grand Palais exhibition hall in Paris where Olympic events including fencing and Taekwondo are being held, Paris prosecutors said on Tuesday.
They said cyber criminals had targeted the institution’s central computer system, but the incident had not caused any disruption to Olympic events taking place in the iconic glass-roofed exhibition hall in the centre of the French capital.
The computer system at the venue also handles data for 40 mainly small museums with which it is affiliated, the prosecutors said in an email.
Franceinfo radio said the attackers had demanded payment of a ransom within 48 hours, threatening to post online the financial data they had obtained if they did not receive the unspecified sum of money.
The attack may not have disrupted anything, but it’s not a good look. Rogier Fischer, CEO, Hadrian
It is highly likely that the cyberattack on Grand Palais Rmn was initiated through stolen credentials,. Incidents like these show time and again that preventive measures are essential but not foolproof, as sophisticated cyberattacks continually evolve, exploiting new vulnerabilities and human error. While prevention is a critical component of cybersecurity, it must be complemented by robust detection and response capabilities. This involves implementing advanced threat detection systems that can identify and respond to suspicious activities in real time.
This incident puts cybersecurity in front of the world because of the fact that this happened during the Olympics. Which in turn illustrates that if you don’t want your bad news to be on CNN, you need to ensure that your defences against this sort of thing need to be on point.
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