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With the help of Anssi (the National Information Systems Security Agency) and an external service provider, Afnor confirmed that the attack was carried out by a group using “Ryuk ” This ransomware – malicious software that takes data hostage – is well known in the cybersecurity world Indeed, Ryuk’s detections rose from 5,123 in the third quarter of 2019 to more than 67 million in the third quarter of 2020. This represents about a third of ransomware attacks worldwide. Moreover, Ryuk is talking about him a lot in France at the moment. It was he who paralyzed the Villefranche-sur-Saône hospital last week

Remember that Afnor works in many areas where the development of standards is necessary, including that of protective masks against the Covid-19 coronavirus

Her services are not accessible but she is currently maintaining the link via Twitter, in a humorous tone, referring to recent images of the planet Mars obtained via the Perseverance rover: “Well arrived, thank you #Ryuk, but we do everything to get back to Earth as soon as possible”

For the moment, she has not specified when “this return to Earth” would take place: no official statement on the extent of the cyber attack or an expected date of resumption of activities

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