French authorities investigate ransomware attack targeting Olympic venue

• Paris prosecutors report a ransomware attack on the Grand Palais exhibition hall.
• The attack targeted the institution's central computer system, not disrupting Olympic events.
• The venue's computer system also manages data for 40 affiliated museums.

Paris prosecutors announced on Tuesday that French cybercrime police are investigating a ransomware attack on the Grand Palais exhibition hall in Paris, where Olympic events such as fencing and Taekwondo are being held.

They said cybercriminals had targeted the institution’s central computer system, but the incident had not disrupted the Olympic events taking place in the iconic glass-roofed exhibition hall in the center of Paris.

The prosecutors said in an email that the venue's computer system also manages data for 40 mainly small museums with which it is affiliated.

Franceinfo radio reported that the attackers demanded a ransom within 48 hours, threatening to post the financial data they had obtained online if they did not receive the unspecified sum of money.

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