France Arrests 22 Year Old After Hack of Interior Ministry Systems

France confirms a cyberattack on its Interior Ministry as a 22-year-old is arrested. Hacker claims access to police, tax, and criminal record systems.

France is now dealing with one of its most serious public sector cybersecurity incidents in recent years, after the Interior Ministry confirmed that attackers breached internal email systems and accessed internal files.

However, what initially looked like a contained incident took on a very different tone once the newly relaunched BreachForums administrator, using the alias Indra, stepped forward, claimed responsibility, and publicly accused the government of downplaying how deep the intrusion really went.

First Details and Official Response

Originally, the breach was detected overnight between December 11 and 12, according to Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez, who said attackers accessed several internal documents but stopped short of confirming any data theft.

Speaking publicly, he acknowledged unauthorised access to ministry email servers while stressing that no evidence showed files ...