French cyber agency reveals suspected Russian hacks

ANSSI had discovered ‘a backdoor’ on several Centreon servers which had given the hackers access to its networks. — AFP

PARIS: France’s national cybersecurity agency said Monday it had discovered a hack of several organisations that bore similarities to other attacks by a group linked to Russian intelligence.

It said the hackers had taken advantage of a vulnerability in monitoring software sold by French group Centreon, which lists blue-chip French companies as clients, such as power group EDF, defence group Thales, or oil and gas giant Total.