France Establishes New Government-Focused Cyber Incident Response Unit
France created REACTIV, an ANSSI-led interministerial cyber incident response unit for state services, after the DGFiP breach exposed up to 678,000 taxpayers.
ANSSI announced REACTIV (Interministerial Response & Action against Data Breaches) on September 7, a dedicated incident response capability for French state services. It lets ANSSI require ministries to take urgent protective measures for citizens' data and lead centralized technical crisis communications during attacks on state services. The move follows the DGFiP tax authority attack that exposed data of 350,000 to 678,000 taxpayers, after which the Prime Minister ordered an extensive audit of ANSSI. Two suspects aged 16 and 18 from the ZeroBytes hacking group were arrested in late August.
- REACTIV allows ANSSI to require ministries to take immediate data-protection measures under tight deadlines
- ANSSI will lead centralized technical crisis communications for attacks threatening state services
- Follows DGFiP breach exposing sensitive data of 350,000-678,000 taxpayers
- Two suspects, aged 16 and 18, from the ZeroBytes group arrested in late August
- Staffing and budget for REACTIV undisclosed, prompting skepticism about its effectiveness
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After a major cyber-attack targeted France's national tax authority, the Prime Minister called for the establishment of a new dedicated cyber incident response capability
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