Several French critical networks subjected to Russian APT attacks

BleepingComputer reports that French government agencies, universities, businesses, research institutes, and think tanks had their networks compromised by Russian state-sponsored threat operation APT28, also known as Fancy Bear and Strontium, in cyberespionage attacks that commenced during the last six months of 2021.

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