- Orange warns customers of a ongoing cyber attack
- The attack forced him to isolate parts of his network
- This isolation could cause interruptions, warned
Orange Group, one of the world’s main telecommunications operators, warned about a cyber attack that interrupted some of its services.
In a statement, the French telecommunications giant said on July 25, he detected a cyber attack in one of his information systems. Going to mitigate the threat, the company was forced to “isolate” potentially affected services, causing interruptions in different services and management platforms.
Both commercial customers, as well as the “some” consumer services, located mainly in France, could experience temporary service interruptions or be completely offline for some users, Orange said. “Our dedicated teams are actively dedicated to informing and helping affected customers.”
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The company said it identified and is currently implementing solutions that will allow it to gradually restore the affected services. At the time of publication, most services should already be in operation.
While there was no talk of the actors of the threat, how they entered or what their motives were, Orange said there was no evidence to suggest any exfiltration of data or manipulation. However, he still filed a formal complaint with the regulators and presented notices before the relevant authorities.
“For obvious security reasons, Orange will not provide more comments,” Orange concluded.
Being a critical infrastructure, telecommunications organizations are constantly in the sight of different piracy and cybercriminal groups sponsored by the State.
Salt Typhoon, a Chinese group sponsored by the state and a part of the broader “Typhoon” hackers collective, has been pointing to telecommunications for some time, hitting some of the largest and most popular brands in the world.
The objective is to remain hidden within the network, in case the tensions between China and the United States over Taiwan become a complete war. In that case, the groups have the task of interrupting the services, spying vital communications and exfotting confidential information.
