Cyberattack Against Two Major French Media Outlets

Several Altice group media outlets were confronted with a cyberattack . According to the two media, this action was claimed by the Epsilon group. Altice Médias group were affected, including those of BFMTV, RMC, RMC Sport, "Estelle Midi", "Apolline Matin" and "Les Grandes gueules".

"Well then @KremlinRussia_E we lost members? That'll teach you to speak badly of President Macron" could be read on these X accounts. Another message, accompanied by the hashtag #FreePalestine, claimed responsibility for the attack by attributing it to the Epsilon group, a group of hackers behind the theft of personal data from some of the customers of the IT brand LDLC in early March

Estimated Cost

social media accounts hacked

Threat Source

Impacts

IT