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Several ministries and state institutions in France have been hit by a major cyberattack since Sunday evening, the government said. The attacks on several government agencies are of an “unprecedented intensity,” the government said on Monday, according to French media reports. A crisis team was activated in the evening to take countermeasures. So far the impact has been reduced for most state services and access to government websites has been restored, it said. Pro-Russian hackers claimed responsibility for the attack, according to Le Monde and Le Parisien newspapers and broadcaster BFMTV. Ho…