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Media giant AFP hit by cyberattack impacting news delivery services
2024-09-30 14:19

Global news agency AFP (Agence France-Presse) reported a cyberattack on Friday that disrupted its IT systems and client content delivery services. While news coverage remained unaffected, the attack impacted some client services, though AFP has not specified which ones. The agency is working with France's National Agency for IT Systems Security (ANSSI) to mitigate the effects and resolve the situation.AFP has not provided details on the type of attack or its perpetrators. However, they did issue a warning to media partners that FTP credentials used to receive AFP content may have been compromised, advising password changes and security checks on reception systems.