[Regnum] Paris has been subjected to 68 cyberattacks since the start of the Olympic Games. This was stated by French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, Agence France-Presse reports.According to a French official, the cyberattacks were aimed directly at the resources of the Olympic facilities.
"All 68 cyber attacks were promptly identified and prevented," Attal said at a meeting of the French government.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on the day of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris on July 26, there was a disruption in the movement of high-speed TGV trains. Several fires broke out at railway facilities. About 800 thousand passengers in France were forced to stay at train stations on the day of the opening of the Olympic Games.
Investigators are studying the version of the possible involvement of an “anonymous group of opponents of the Olympics” in the sabotage on the railway tracks on the night of July 26.
The 2024 Olympic Games Organizing Committee has cancelled a press conference ahead of the opening ceremony without giving any reason.