Paris, July 13 (SANA) France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said on Monday that Paris will summon the Russian ambassador in the coming days and impose sanctions over what it described as large-scale cyberattacks attributed to Moscow against several European countries, including France.
According to AFP, Barrot said the sanctions will target nine individuals and four entities that France says were responsible for the cyber campaign, which it alleges was orchestrated by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB).
Barrot said the attacks targeted government ministries, companies and service operators to gather intelligence or disrupt operations, citing Poland’s railway network as one example.
He added that France had detected the attacks and had significantly strengthened its cyber defenses in response.
France accuses Russian intelligence and the cyber group APT28 of carrying out attacks against government institutions, media organizations and critical infrastructure in an effort to destabilize targeted countries and gather intelligence.
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