Incident
incident:france_s_critical_infrastructure_compromise
Also: French critical infrastructure botnet infection
Compromise involving French power, rail, hospital, banking, and water-treatment infrastructure beaconing to malware command-and-control domains.
Compromise involving French power, rail, hospital, banking, and water-treatment infrastructure beaconing to malware command-and-control domains.
“It was France’s power grid, like a bunch of nuclear power stations.”
“it was also France’s rail system, hospitals, banks, water treatment systems”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | TARGETS | France | Explicit | 94 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | Command and control | Explicit | 94 |
| outgoing | ATTRIBUTED_TO | Kasbah Hacker | Uncertain | 94 |
France's critical infrastructure compromise TARGETS France
The incident targeted or affected French critical infrastructure, including the power grid, rail system, hospitals, banks, and water treatment systems.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Chris Davis EP 94 Details
“It was France’s power grid, like a bunch of nuclear power stations.”
France's critical infrastructure compromise INVOLVES Command and control
The French critical-infrastructure compromise involved systems repeatedly beaconing to command-and-control domains.
Explicit Confidence 94% · Chris Davis EP 94 Details
“we noticed that it was also France’s rail system, hospitals, banks, water treatment systems.”
France's critical infrastructure compromise ATTRIBUTED_TO Kasbah Hacker
Chris's investigation traced the suspected attacker to Morocco and he called the actor the Kasbah Hacker; the identification is presented as an investigative conclusion rather than an adjudicated fact.
Uncertain Confidence 82% · Jack Rhysider EP 94 Details
“Because the attacker was in Morocco, Chris called him the Kasbah Hacker”