The venues for the Paris Olympics have suffered a cyber attack, with hackers demanding a ransom payment in cryptocurrency

ChainCatcher news, according to Decrypt, the venues for the Paris 2024 Olympics and dozens of museum shops in France have suffered a cyber attack, with hackers demanding payment in cryptocurrency. The hackers exploited the data processing systems of about 40 tourist attractions to collect sensitive financial data, with the targeted venues including the Grand Palais museum. The French Cybercrime Unit (BL2C) is investigating the attack.

According to Paris authorities, this attack has not affected the scheduling of the Olympics.