Articles by Helene Fouquet

French Privacy Watchdog Probes Massive Leak of Sensitive Health Data

France’s privacy watchdog said it’s investigating the leak of sensitive health data on half a million people and said the companies involved could face heavy penalties if they don’t come forward with details of the breaches. The leaks were of …

COVID-19 Quarantined Doctors Turn to Telemedicine to Keep Seeing Patients

Marie-Pascale Schuller started feeling sick last week. The 57-year-old doctor specializes in respiratory illnesses, and she had a strong suspicion as to what her fever, cough and aches meant. She wanted to keep seeing patients without the risk of exposing …

Coronavirus Drives Patients to Online Doctors, Spurring Telemedicine Sector

The new coronavirus that’s forcing lockdowns and roiling economies is spurring a silent revolution in the field of telemedicine. As COVID-19 spreads across Europe, leaving new patients in its wake, the fear of infection and a saturated health-care system are …

Hackers Target Airbus via Computer Systems of Suppliers, Contractors

Airbus SE said it has taken steps to shield itself from cyber attacks targeting the European aerospace and defense company through subcontractors’ computer systems. The maker of passenger planes and military jets is aware of cyber events and has detection …

Large French Companies Increasingly Are Targeted by Ransomware Attacks

Large companies in France are increasingly the targets of cyber attackers who lock up data and demand a ransom, but often refrain from reporting the assaults for fear of hurting their image, according to the French Interior ministry. Attackers changed …

Warning: Cyber Will Soon Cost Insurers More Than Natural Disasters

Cyber risks will soon become bigger risks than natural catastrophes for the insurance sector, Scor Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Denis Kessler said, recommending the industry build a comprehensive, common global scale to assess cyber-related incidents. “I dream of a …

President Macron Vows to Rebuild Notre Dame Cathedral Ravaged by Huge Fire

President Emmanuel Macron vowed to rebuild Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris after a massive fire ravaged the 850-year-old Gothic monument and left France in shock over the extensive damage to one of the nation’s most iconic landmarks. The blaze raged …

France in Mourning After Latest Deadly Terror Attack Kills at Least 84

Eight months after a murderous rampage in Paris, a deadly attack in the coastal city of Nice on Bastille Day left at least 84 people dead and scores injured, threatening to throw a still-traumatized France into a tailspin and raising …

Insured Losses from French Floods May Total $682M: Industry Association AFA

Insurance executives meet with government officials in Paris Monday to assess the cost of flooding in the Centre and Ile-de-France regions as the Seine river recedes from its highest levels in more than three decades. The river flowing through the …

Stolen Marquis de Sade’s Sex Manuscript, Insured by Lloyd’s, Returns to Paris

The Marquis de Sade’s scandalous and sexually graphic novel “120 Days of Sodom” has come back home. Written in prison in 1785 — just before the French Revolution — and described by the Marquis himself as “the most impure tale …