The media reported on the blackmail of the French Interior Ministry by hackers after a cyber attack

Hackers who stole the data of more than 16.4 million people as a result of a large-scale cyberattack are blackmailing the French Ministry of the Interior, Le Figaro newspaper reported on December 17, citing a statement from the attackers.

"We have successfully compromised the French Interior Ministry. According to the French media, the authorities only admitted that we had gained access to the government's mail servers. Why don't you talk about the data of 16,444,373 people that we were able to access by hacking into your police registers?" the media quoted the attackers as saying.

According to Le Figaro, a user with the nickname Indra wrote that hackers had gained access to a variety of Interior Ministry documents, including lists of wanted persons, criminal records, victims and witnesses. According to him, the attack also affected the communication channels of Interpol, the tax service and the French pension fund.

In their message, the attackers call the attack revenge for the arrest of members of the hacker group Shiny Hunters and threaten to publish the data in the public domain if the government does not get in touch within a week.

On December 17, French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez acknowledged the fact of a "very serious" cyberattack that occurred on December 12, claiming the theft of "several dozen documents," including files with criminal cases. He added that judicial and administrative investigations had been launched to determine the extent of the damage and to find those responsible. Nunes said the reason for the attack was negligence. Hackers were able to obtain access codes through the electronic mailboxes of the Interior Ministry staff.

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The BBC TV channel reported on December 1 that hackers in South Korea had hacked more than 120,000 IP home cameras in private homes and commercial premises, after which they sold recordings of the personal lives of citizens online. According to the investigation, the two main defendants acted separately from each other, creating hundreds of explicit videos, the videos were sold for cryptocurrency. The total amount of illegal earnings exceeded 50 million won (about $43 thousand).

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