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French government a target of cyberattacks

 

The French government has recently been the target of cyberattacks of 'unprecedented intensity'. The attacks began on Sunday 10th March and have targeted several government departments.

 

The prime minister's office stated that the technical methods used in these attacks are conventional, but the intensity is unprecedented⁵.

 

The government activated a crisis unit to deal with the attack⁵. Teams from the interministerial digital affairs department DINUM and France’s cybersecurity agency ANSSI have been mobilized to fend off the attacks⁵. By Monday afternoon, the impact of the attacks had been reduced for most services and access to government sites was restored⁶.

 

A pro-Russian hacker group, Anonymous Sudan, claimed responsibility for the attacks on their Telegram channel⁵. These attacks were primarily distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, which involve directing massive amounts of internet traffic at websites and services, causing them to go offline⁵.

 

The French government has been improving its cyber defenses in anticipation of the Paris Olympics this summer and in response to damaging ransomware attacks in recent years⁶. It remains unclear what damage might have been caused by these recent attacks⁶.

 

References


(1) French government hit with cyberattacks of ‘unprecedented’ intensity .... https://www.politico.eu/article/french-government-hit-with-cyberattacks-of-unprecedented-intensity/.
(2) The French government says it's being targeted by unusual intense .... https://apnews.com/article/france-cyberattacks-government-targeted-f57a4114d627422274bfcdc0193d3e74.
(3) undefined. https://www.itpro.com/security/data-protection/openais-irish-data-processing-move-could-ward-off-regulatory-scrutiny.
(4) French government hit with 'unprecedented' wave of cyberattacks. https://www.foxnews.com/world/french-government-hit-unprecedented-wave-cyberattacks.
(5) French state hit by cyberattacks of "unprecedented intensity" - media reports. https://uk.news.yahoo.com/french-state-hit-cyberattacks-unprecedented-165919403.html.
(6) France Says Several Agencies Hit by ‘Intense’ Cyberattacks. https://uk.news.yahoo.com/france-says-several-agencies-hit-161803235.html.

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