Over four years, a methodical and largely invisible campaign of phishing and network infiltration drained more than €35 million from over 500 French notary offices — institutions whose authority rests on the legal sanctity of the documents they produce. The attackers did not simply steal money; they occupied the inner workings of a profession built on trust, raising the deeper fear that the very paperwork underpinning property, identity, and family law may have been quietly falsified. France's cybersecurity agency worked in the shadows for two years to expel the intruders, and the sector has s
BEC campaign steals €35M from French notaries over four years
No direct casualties or displacement reported, but potential victims include 500+ notary offices and their clients whose financial transactions were compromised.