French IT monitoring firm Centreon says no customers affected by hacking campaign
16/02/2021 18:47
PARIS, Feb 16 (Reuters) - French IT monitoring company
Centreon said on Tuesday that none of its customers were
affected by a hacking campaign described by the country's
cybersecurity agency in a recent report. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2KL1EC
Hackers spent up to three years breaking into organizations
by targeting Centreon's monitoring software, French watchdog
ANSSI said in the report that was disclosed on Monday.
"It is confirmed by ANSSI that no Centreon customers were
impacted," the French company said, adding in a statement that
15 "entities" were targeted during the hacking campaign through
an obsolete open source version of the software.
Centreon did not provide the names of the 15 targeted
organisations.
The company's clients include some of the biggest French
companies, such as utility EDF EDF.PA , telecoms firm Orange
ORAN.PA and Europe's biggest bank BNP Paribas BNPP.PA . The
French Ministry of Justice is also a customer.
In its report, ANSSI stopped short of identifying the
hackers but said they had a similar modus operandi as the
Russian cyber-espionage group often nicknamed "Sandworm."
The activity against Centreon, a Paris-based company which
specializes in information technology monitoring, further
highlights how attractive such firms are to digital spies.
ANSSI did not immediately reply to request seeking comment.
(Reporting by Mathieu Rosemain, Editing by William Maclean)
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