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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