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Pays de la Loire: Ouest-France victim of a cyberattack

Posted on November 23, 2020 by Dissent

This appears to be a second French newspaper to be attacked in the past few days.  There’s a lot that has not been revealed: is it the same attacker? Is there any political motive? What is going on here? 

The Ouest-France group, headquartered in Rennes, was the victim of a cyberattack early this Saturday morning. A particularly powerful virus has disrupted the computer system of the great daily newspaper in the west.

The digital platform, the Ouest-France information website , has not been impacted but the print editions will be affected this Sunday. The number of editions will be reduced to ensure a publication all the same.

Read more on France-3.

h/t, @Chum1ng0

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