"France is probing possible foreign interference after a Latvian national was arrested and charged over the discovery on a passenger ferry of malware capable of allowing the vessel's operating systems to be be controlled remotely, the interior minister said on Wednesday. The malware was found on the passenger ferry the Fantastic with a capacity of over 2,000 passengers, belonging to Italian shipping company GNV while it was docked in France's Mediterranean port of Séte, Paris prosecutors said."
"Italian authorities had warned France that the operating system of the vessel could have been infected by a malware known as a Remote access Trojan (RAT) which allows a hacker to gain remote control of a system. Two crew members, a Latvian and a Bulgarian, whose identities had been signalled to France by the Italian authorities, were detained last week. The Bulgarian was freed but the Latvian charged and placed under arrest in the investigation."
French authorities are probing possible foreign interference after malware that could allow a vessel's operating systems to be controlled remotely was discovered on the passenger ferry Fantastic. The ferry was docked in Sète when the malware was found. Italian authorities warned France that the vessel's operating system could have been infected by a Remote Access Trojan (RAT). Two crew members, a Latvian and a Bulgarian, were detained; the Bulgarian was released while the Latvian was charged and placed under arrest. Paris prosecutors opened an investigation into an alleged organised group's attempt to attack an automated data-processing system to serve a foreign power. France's domestic intelligence service is leading the inquiry.
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