# France’s Thales says hackers claim to have stolen data
Author:  Pal Sinha, Barnali 
Author URL: https://financedigest.com/author/pal-sinha-barnali
Published: 2022-11-02
Category: NEWS
Category URL: https://financedigest.com/category/news
Meta Title: Thales Faces Cyber Threat from LockBit 3.0 Hacker Group
Meta Description: French defence and technology group Thales faces data breach threat as hacker group LockBit 3.0 claims to have stolen data and plans to publish it on Nov. 7.
URL: https://financedigest.com/frances-thales-says-hackers-claim-to-have-stolen-datahtml

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PARIS (Reuters) -French defence and technology group Thales said on Tuesday the hacker group LockBit 3.0 claimed to have stolen some of its data and was threatening to publish it.

Thales said the extortion and ransomware group had announced plans on the dark web to release the data on Nov. 7. It added that so far it had not received any direct ransom notification.

Thales has [opened an internal investigation](https://www.financedigest.com/india-opens-new-investigation-into-bbc-in-widening-crackdown.html "India opens new investigation into BBC in widening crackdown") and has informed the ANSSI national cyber security agency, but so far has not filed a complaint with the police, a company official said.

The hackers have not [provided proof they have obtained any Thales data](https://www.financedigest.com/comparative-analysis-of-the-best-data-room-providers.html "Comparative Analysis of the Best Data Room Providers"), the official added.

(Reporting by GV De Clercq, Editing by Louise Heavens and Mark Potter)


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