It's a story worthy of a spy novel in the middle of the Cold War.
For three long years, a French high-tech flagship, listed on the CAC 40, had all of its research and development data captured.
A foreign intelligence service took advantage of a vulnerability in the protection network of one of its subcontractors to penetrate its systems, in all discretion.
"
The service provider served as an entry point, he realized it far too late
", confides to
Figaro
a person close to the file.
After the company has been reported, the competent State services request the opening of an investigation.
The National Agency for the Security of Information Systems (Anssi) then carries out, under the control of the justice system, the digital investigation.
The goal is to determine the operating modes of this sophisticated cyberattack, the chain of compromise and the points of interest of the exfiltrated technical documents.
The case is still ongoing
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