The Bank of France reported on a crisis simulation exercise run by the Groupe de Place Robustesse (GPR), the Paris financial centre’s crisis-management coordination group, testing the resilience of card and mobile payments. The 5 June 2025 drill implemented place-wide crisis-management arrangements on a targeted perimeter and assessed response, contingency and business-continuity capabilities, with the GPR concluding that members were strongly engaged and well prepared. The scenario simulated two near-simultaneous cyberattacks targeting both technical acceptance providers (prestataires d’acceptation technique, PAT) and banks, causing major disruptions to card and mobile payments in-store and online. The exercise also involved technical providers essential to the payments chain and incorporated a media and disinformation component that particularly affected public institutions. The GPR brings together the Bank of France, the French Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority (ACPR), the Financial Markets Authority (AMF), state services including the Treasury, the National Cybersecurity Agency (ANSSI), Caisse des dépôts et consignations, major banks and the French Banking Federation (FBF), and operators of payment systems and market infrastructures.
Bank of France 2025-06-18
Bank of France’s Groupe de Place Robustesse conducts cyber crisis exercise on card and mobile payments
The Bank of France reported on a crisis simulation by the Groupe de Place Robustesse, testing the resilience of card and mobile payments against cyberattacks. The exercise involved key financial and state institutions, assessing response and business-continuity capabilities, and concluded with strong engagement and preparedness from participants.