For several weeks, the National Museum of Natural History in Paris has been the victim of a cyber attack. The museum, which is also a research and teaching establishment, suffers “a severe computer attack,” the Tribune said at the end of July, after consulting an email sent to the researchers.
According to BFMTV information, the museum filed a complaint, under examination by the magistrates of the Cyber Crime section of the Prosecutor’s Office, and an investigation was opened.
This cyber attack has a “not available” part of its network not available for two weeks and access to the sites and services of certain museums, “said Franceinfo’s establishment. Among the inaccessible systems there are certain tools dedicated to research consultation activities, experience or even collections.
When a hostel one of the largest searches in natural sciences in France, the museum has large databases, including the National Inventory of Natural Heritage and Animal Species.
Refuse to pay a ransom
The National Museum of Natural History still ignores when a return to normal is possible. “The duration of the lack of availability of tools and services, as well as the return to the normal calendar is not yet determined,” he said. “This is a truly massive attack,” denounced the president of the museum, Gilles Bloch in Franceinfo.
It is possible that the establishment, which has filed a complaint, is the objective of a rescue, the malware that blocks access to a device or files provided that the victim has not paid a rescue. Gilles Bloch has assured that the museum will not pay money to cybercriminals under the “doctrine in the French state and public administrations” that we want “that we do not pay the rescue.”
Despite this incident, the National Museum of Natural History wishes to reassure its visitors saying that “galleries, zoological parks and gardens remain open and operate normally.”
Source: BFM TV
