Hackers target French G20 plans

Hackers launched cyber attacks on French government computers in search of information about the Group of 20 leading economies, the budget minister says.

Francois Baroin says it is too early to say who was behind the attack in recent weeks and months on finance ministry email accounts and servers.

He told Europe-1 radio today that “it was the information about the G-20 that interested the hackers”.

France holds the rotating leadership of the G-20 this year and is hosting a series of meetings aimed at improving relations among the world’s top economies, including the US and China.

Officials at the finance ministry would not expand on on Baroin’s comments today.