The French news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) has been hit by a cyber attack, the agency said in a statement on Saturday.
The attack on AFP’s IT system, which partly affected transmission technology to customers, was discovered on Friday.
It is unclear who was behind the attack.
AFP’s technical department, assisted by France’s National Cybersecurity Agency (ANSSI), is handling the incident and authorities have been notified, the company said.
Although the attack temporarily disrupted transmission, AFP’s global reporting continued as usual, the report said.
The attack on the news agency follows a major cyber incident in March that affected several French ministries and state institutions.
According to media reports, pro-Russian hackers claimed responsibility for the attack, although French authorities did not confirm this at the time.
France accuses Russia of increasing destabilization attempts since the start of the Kremlin’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Poland’s state news agency PAP was also hacked in May, and the government in Warsaw said it blamed Russian intelligence services for the incident.
