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France asked ISPs to be ready to block major social platforms before Oct. 24 protests
According to the outlet Blast, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu asked telecom operators to stand ready to cut access to TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat and X two days before a planned demonstration.
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France's supermarket fridges sat exposed online for months
On the night of October 12, attackers pushed the refrigeration systems of hundreds of French supermarkets into defrost mode. IPinfo went through its weekly Internet scans and found France had more of these control panels exposed than the rest of the world combined.
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Cyberattack defrosts refrigerators at French supermarkets
Overnight on Sunday, attackers remotely raised the temperature in refrigerated displays at hundreds of French supermarkets by hijacking Danfoss controllers. The country's largest retail chains were hit.
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French Tax Data Theft: Weak Passwords and Seven Weeks Unnoticed
An attacker logged into France's tax administration with stolen staff passwords and siphoned data on hundreds of thousands of people and firms for nearly two months. ANSSI's verdict: the attack was not sophisticated — weak login protection and monitoring gaps did the rest.
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France's Tax Authority Data Breach Affects 678,000 People
France's Ministry for the Economy and Finance has disclosed a breach of the systems of the DGFiP tax agency: an attacker gained access to the tax and land-registry records of hundreds of thousands of citizens and companies.
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France's Top Court Blocks Social Media Ban for Teens Under 15
France's highest judicial authority has blocked a ban on social media use for children under the age of 15.
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France to Stop Certifying Encryption Without Quantum Protection
France's cybersecurity agency ANSSI will stop certifying products that lack post-quantum encryption starting in 2027. This will effectively force government bodies and critical infrastructure operators to move to new security standards.