French police probe ransomware attack on Olympic venue

FILE PHOTO: People skate on the ice rink at the Grand Palais exhibition hall in Paris, France December 26, 2019. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) - French cyber crime police are investigating a ransomware attack against the Grand Palais exhibition hall in Paris where Olympic events including fencing and Taekwondo are being held, Paris prosecutors said on Tuesday.

They said cyber criminals had targeted the institution's central computer system, but the incident had not caused any disruption to Olympic events taking place in the iconic glass-roofed exhibition hall in the centre of the French capital.