France is probing possible foreign interference after a Latvian national was arrested and charged over the discovery on a passenger ferry of malware capable of allowing the vessel's operating systems to be be controlled remotely, the interior minister said Wednesday.

The malware was found on the passenger ferry the Fantastic with a capacity of over 2,000 passengers, belonging to Italian shipping company GNV while it was docked in France's Mediterranean port of Sete, Paris prosecutors said.

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