# France: Russian state hackers targeted Centreon servers in years-long campaign

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/france-russian-state-hackers-targeted-centreon-servers-in-years-long-campaign/
- Published: 2021-02-17T09:15:32-06:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Image: Centreon. Article by Catalin Cimpanu for Zero Day.   ZDNet &#8211; February 15, 2021. New ANSSI report exposes new Sandworm APT attacks targeting IT companies using Centreon servers. France&#8217;s cyber-security agency said that a group of Russian military hackers, known as the Sandworm group, have been behind a three-years-long operation during which they breached the internal networks of several French entities running the Centreon IT monitoring software. The attacks were detailed in a technical report released today by Agence Nationale de la Sécurité des Systèmes d&#8217;Information, also known as ANSSI, the country&#8217;s main cyber-security agency. &#8220;This campaign mostly affected information technology providers, especially web hosting providers,&#8221; ANSSI officials said today. [&#8230;] Click here to view original web page at www.zdnet.com
