French tax authority hack: suspect from "Zerobytes" group charged and remanded in custody
An alleged member of the "Zerobytes" hacker group has been charged and remanded in custody in connection with the hacking of the French tax authority website.
Suspect from "Zerobytes" group imprisoned following tax authority hack
Google News LU FR reports that an alleged member of the "Zerobytes" hacker group has been charged and placed in provisional detention as part of the investigation into the cyberattack targeting the French tax authority website.
The arrest is part of a series of apprehensions related to this case. According to franceinfo, two suspects were apprehended as part of investigations opened following the hacking of the tax authority. The judicial authorities have initiated separate proceedings against several individuals suspected of having taken part in the operation.
Le Monde furthermore reveals the suspected involvement of a certain "ChatNoir", an 18-year-old man already charged on several occasions, whose shadow looms over this hacking affair involving the tax authority website.
The "Zerobytes" group is at the heart of investigations being conducted by investigators tasked with dismantling the network behind this cyberattack against the French tax administration. The charges retained against the imprisoned suspect have not been specified in the available information.
The case, reported by Ouest-France, BFM and Le Figaro, illustrates the intensification of judicial efforts in the face of computer attacks targeting sensitive public infrastructure in France.
Source: Google News LU FR