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“Multiple cyberattacks targeted various French government agencies since Sunday night, according to the prime minister’s office.” The French agencies likely faced DDoS attacks, but no specific details were provided by the minister’s office.
Experts from the government have stated that the attacks were not complicated. They mentioned that familiar technical methods were used, even though the offensives were intense.
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“Several French state bodies have been hit with cyberattacks of “unprecedented intensity”, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal’s office said Monday, March 11, while insisting the government had been able to contain the impact.” reported the French newspaper Le Monde. “Many ministerial services were targeted” from Sunday “using familiar technical means but of unprecedented intensity,” Attal’s office said, without providing further details of the targets.”
A security source informed Agence France-Presse that government experts cannot attribute the attacks to Russia.
The French government has activated a crisis cell to take action against the attacks. The impact of these attacks has been reduced and access to state websites has been restored.
“Specialist services including information security agency ANSSI were “implementing filtering measures until the attacks are over”” continues Le Monde.
