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Hackers Target French Government Computers For G20

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the we-meant-to-do-that dept.

An anonymous reader wrote in to say that "IT staff spent the weekend in a massive cleaning effort to remove traces of a 'spectacular' attack on computers at Bercy, the head office of the French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry, a government minister said Monday."

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  1. France surrenders by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    France surrenders

    1. Re:France surrenders by stealth_finger · · Score: 2

      Ha ha! It's funny because in WWII France surrendered to the Nazis just like the rest of Europe... Ha Ha!

      Ahem, not EVERY European country surrendered, and most of the rest were beaten.

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  2. Ministry of Redundancy Ministry by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    IT staff spent the weekend in a massive cleaning to remove traces of 'spectacular' attack on computer at Bercy, headoffice of the French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry Ministry, a government minister said Monday."

    I think I see the problem. Too many ministers, not enough IT people.

  3. Re:Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Industry Mini by BisexualPuppy · · Score: 2, Informative

    "French Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Industry Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Industry Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Industry Ministry.
    What are we going to do with all of these ministries? Are IT staff going to spend the weekend in a massive cleaning to remove traces of 'spectacular' redundancy, too?"

    My preferred one is :
    "Secretaire d'Etat aupres de la ministre de l'Economie, des Finances et de l'Industrie, charge du Commerce, de l'Artisanat, des Petites et Moyennes entreprises, du Tourisme, des Services, des Professions liberales et de la Consommation"
    That's ONE guy (no need to translate, most of the words are english-ready, apart from 'small and middle sized companies'). And they *really* call him like that *everytime* it appears in the senate (often).

  4. I am french and by e70838 · · Score: 2

    I am always very disappointed by the level of IT illiteracy of our political class (ministers, deputy, president, ...).
    They all know the minimum needed to use blogs and social networks for propaganda, and this gives them the illusion that they understand enough to legiferate about all the problems of internet.
    All the french political discourse about internet contain so many mistakes (except when it comes to lobby support), that the conclusions are always illogival and incoherent.
    When the bigger problem is in front of the screen, anything becomes an easy target for hackers.
    For me, the main problem is not the attack, but the effect it will have on their poor understanding of internet ?
    When will they learn something or get more stupid certitudes ?