French news agency AFP hit by cyberattack

pppppppManage your accountppppFrench news agency Agence FrancePresse AFP has been hit by a cyberattack the agency said in a statement on SaturdayppThe attack on AFPs IT system which partly affected transmission technology to customers was discovered on FridayppIt is unclear who was behind the attackppAFPs technical department assisted by the National Cybersecurity Agency of France ANSSI is handling the incident and the authorities have been notified the company saidppAlthough the attack temporarily impaired transmission AFPs worldwide reporting continued as usual it saidppThe attack on the news agency follows a major cyber incident in March which affected several French ministries and state institutionsppProRussian hackers claimed responsibility for the attack according to media reports though the French authorities did not confirm this at the timeppFrance accuses Russia of increasing destabilization attempts since the beginning of the Kremlins fullscale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022ppThe stateowned Polish news agency PAP was also hacked in May and the government in Warsaw said it blames the incident on Russian intelligence servicesp