France Intensifies Cybersecurity Crackdown Amid Rising Chinese Espionage and Dark Web Threats Dark Web Threats & Chinese Espionage France Cybersecurity Crackdown | CyberPro Magazine Source: cyberscoop.com France’s national cybersecurity agency, ANSSI, has disclosed a series of sophisticated cyberattacks linked to Chinese state-sponsored Dark Web threat actors exploiting vulnerabilities in Ivanti products. According to The Record, the attackers used flaws in Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure to infiltrate multiple French organizations. ANSSI confirmed that exploitation started in early 2023 and persisted well into 2024. These vulnerabilities, now patched, were leveraged to maintain deep access to internal networks across sectors such as defense, telecom, and research. The hackers employed a stealthy and persistent strategy, carefully avoiding detection while exfiltrating sensitive data. ANSSI emphasized that the threat actors used tailored malware and command-and-control (