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The front page of Le Monde highlights a significant cyberattack on the French tax website, with the ministry issuing apologies and facing ongoing issues. Other top stories include Meta being accused of targeting children and downplaying Instagram's dangers in a US trial, and the former Ukrainian…
The French Ministry of Public Accounts has issued an apology following a large-scale cyberattack on the tax website, but is struggling to contain the crisis. A new breach in the tax administration's systems has been revealed.
Following the cyberattack on the tax website, hackers claim to have also stolen personal information belonging to millions of students from the Ministry of National Education.
In a California civil trial, Meta, Mark Zuckerberg's company, is accused of deliberately targeting children and understating the risks of Instagram, including exposure to violent or sexual content and addiction.
Mykhailo Fedorov, the former Ukrainian defense minister, has called for elections and denounced corruption, challenging President Volodymyr Zelensky. His exclusion from the government has sparked a political crisis in Ukraine.
Russia has reported intercepting and destroying 453 Ukrainian drones during the night between Tuesday and Wednesday.
In a tribune published in Le Monde, three water specialists argue that the use of large artificial reservoirs demonstrates a lack of understanding of water cycles and the causes of their degradation, urging for improved resilience through agroecology and rainwater storage.
An Israeli airstrike targeted an airbase in Syria, interpreted as a warning to Damascus and Ankara amid ongoing security negotiations.
