PARIS, France — French authorities have launched a major operation to clean up computers infected by a cyber-espionage programme that has struck millions of users worldwide, a senior prosecutor said Thursday.

"On the eve of the Olympics, this operation demonstrates that different players in France and abroad are mobilized to fight against all forms of cybercrime," Paris chief prosecutor Laure Beccuau said in a statement.

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