Maison de l'entreprise

Maison de l'entreprise, also known by its French name, is headquartered in Auxerre, France. The organisation serves as a host for multiple educational and training institutions, providing them with shared facilities. Its primary function is to house these learning entities under a single roof. The available sources do not detail any commercial products or services beyond this hosting role. The organisation’s public identity is closely tied to its support of education and vocational training in the region.

On 20 February 2023, a cyberattack targeted Maison de l'entreprise in Auxerre, encrypting the files of the educational and training organisations it hosts and rendering all of its data systems inaccessible. The following day, 21 February 2023, reports indicated that the encryption had paralysed the entire operation, leaving every affiliated institution unable to access its data. The organisation’s director described the incident as part of a broader international campaign affecting hundreds of thousands of systems simultaneously. In response, the French National Cybersecurity Agency, specialised cybercrime units, and local police launched an investigation, and due to the attack’s national scope jurisdiction was transferred to prosecutors in Paris. Throughout the ongoing response, law‑enforcement officials emphasised the need for heightened protection measures for small businesses, highlighting the threat posed by such cyberattacks. At the time of the published reports, recovery efforts were still under way and no further details about data restoration or potential loss had been disclosed.