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Monday, Jun 14, 2021

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US recovers half of Colonial Pipeline ransom

FRANCE24, 08 Jun 2021

The US government has seized more than two million dollars that was paid as ransom - following a cyber attack on the Colonial Pipeline last month. The incident has put more pressure on both companies and governments to step up their cyber defenses. Also in today's show - Google reaches a settlement with French authorities over its advertising business, and Pascal Cagni of Business France speaks to us about why France is the top European destination for foreign investors.

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