Paris 2024 Olympic venues and dozens of French museum stores were subjected to cyber attacks, with hackers demanding cryptocurrency ransom payments.
Foresight News reported that according to the newspaper 'Le Parisien', the Grand Palais venue for the Paris 2024 Olympics and dozens of museum stores in France have been hit by a cyber attack, with hackers demanding a cryptocurrency ransom. The cybercriminals targeted the financial data management systems used to centrally manage these commercial premises. The French National Cybersecurity Agency (ANSSI), which is responsible for overseeing the cybersecurity of the Olympics, has been alerted to the incident and stated that "no information systems related to the operation of the Olympics and Paralympics have been affected".
