French prosecutors confirm arrest of suspected ZeroBytes hacker behind tax cyberattack
French authorities detained an 18-year-old suspected member of the ZeroBytes hacking group over cyberattacks against the country's tax authority and other organizations.
French authorities detained an 18-year-old suspected member of the ZeroBytes hacking group over cyberattacks targeting the country's tax authority and other organizations, the Paris prosecutor's office confirmed to Recorded Future News.
The suspect was arrested in the Paris region on August 18 and placed in pretrial detention two days later. A second suspect, who is under 16, was arrested on August 26 and later released while investigators examine his devices, prosecutors said Tuesday in response to a media inquiry.
The arrests are part of an investigation into ZeroBytes, a French-speaking hacking group that has claimed attacks against French government agencies, schools and companies since mid-July.
Source: https://therecord.media/france-hacker-arrest-zerobytes
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