Agence France-Presse (AFP) was the target of a cyberattack on its information system, which affected part of the systems for broadcasting its production to its clients, it said on Saturday in a press release. .
“The AFP technical teams are mobilized with the support and expertise of the National Information Systems Security Agency (ANSSI),” she added. “The editorial staff and all the services of the AFP continue to provide coverage of the news throughout the world,” the agency continued.
The competent authorities have been contacted
The attack was detected on Friday and the incident was “being qualified and processed” on Saturday.
The competent authorities in France were contacted, AFP said, while emphasizing that the perpetrators of this attack and their motivations were not known at this stage.