China link to ‘spectacular’ cyberattack on French Finance Ministry computers

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 The French Finance Ministry has suffered a “spectacular” attack on its computers by hackers with a possible Chinese connection.

Described as the biggest cyber attack on the French state to date, it appeared to be aimed at retrieving information on France’s handling of the Group of 20 developed and emerging powers, which President Sarkozy chairs this year.

About 10,000 computers were temporarily switched off over the weekend in an operation to secure the system following the breach.

Source: Internet (Charles Bremner, The Times)