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Cyberattack on the French Ministry of the Interior

The Minister of the Interior, Laurent Núñez, has stated that hackers have accessed files of criminal records (TAJ) and wanted persons (FPR). The Paris Public Prosecutor's Office has opened an investigation to clarify what happened. 

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Interior Minister Laurent Núñez has reported a cyberattack by the French Ministry of the Interior. Hackers or hackers, among others, have access to confidential information about wanted persons and criminal records. 

Nuñez explained in an interview with Franceinfo that the attack took place a few days ago, noting that "it is a serious act" and that a judicial investigation is under way to find the perpetrators. 

The Minister of the Interior has specified that they have accessed the Ministry of the Interior's database through messaging servers and obtained confidential files from the criminal record processing system(TAJ) and the FPR file of wanted persons. 

They're still analyzing the effect of the leak . "We're talking about millions of data," he said.

The cyberattack has been reported to the Paris Public Prosecutor's Office for "suspicious activity directed at e-mail servers".

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