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Category: France

  • French police arrest 21-year-old “HexDex” hacker over 100 alleged data breaches

    French police arrest 21-year-old “HexDex” hacker over 100 alleged data breaches A 21-year-old man suspected of conducting approximately 100 data breaches since late 2025 – including a hack of the French Ministry of National Education that exposed records on almost a quarter of a million employees – has been arrested at his home in western…

  • IoT Hack

    IoT Hack Someone hacked an Italian ferry. It looks like the malware was installed by someone on the ferry, and not remotely. Bruce Schneier Go to bruce schneier

  • Louvre Jewel Heist

    Louvre Jewel Heist I assume I don’t have to explain last week’s Louvre jewel heist. I love a good caper, and have (like many others) eagerly followed the details. An electric ladder to a second-floor window, an angle grinder to get into the room and the display cases, security guards there more to protect patrons…

  • Quelle surprise! Twitter faces criminal probe in France

    Quelle surprise! Twitter faces criminal probe in France A criminal investigation into Twitter has been initiated by French prosecutors, over allegations that its algorithm is manipulated for the purposes of “foreign interference.” Graham Cluley Go to grahamcluley

  • Russian basketball player arrested in ransomware case despite being “useless with computers”

    Russian basketball player arrested in ransomware case despite being “useless with computers” A Russian professional basketball player has been arrested for allegedly acting as a negotiator for a ransomware gang… and despite his lawyer claiming he’s “useless” with computers. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Graham Cluley Go to grahamcluley

  • 50 customers of French bank hit after insider helped SIM swap scammers

    50 customers of French bank hit after insider helped SIM swap scammers French police have arrested a business student interning at the bank Société Générale who is accused of helping SIM-swapping scammers to defraud 50 of its clients. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Graham Cluley Go to grahamcluley

  • More Countries are Demanding Backdoors to Encrypted Apps

    More Countries are Demanding Backdoors to Encrypted Apps Last month, I wrote about the UK forcing Apple to break its Advanced Data Protection encryption in iCloud. More recently, both Sweden and France are contemplating mandating backdoors. Both initiatives are attempting to scare people into supporting backdoors, which are—of course—are terrible idea. Also: “A Feminist Argument…