French government agencies hit by cyberattacks of unprecedented intensity

pppLeadershipppCybercrimeppNationstateppElectionsppTechnologyppCyber DailyppClick Here Podcastpp Free NewsletterppA number of French government agencies have been hit by intense cyberattacks the prime ministers office announced on MondayppThe nature of the attacks which began on Sunday night has not been confirmed although the description is consistent with distributeddenialofservice DDoS attacksppThe French government said the attack was conducted using familiar technical means but of unprecedented intensityppDDoS attacks are not capable of stealing information although they can prevent people from accessing a network resource because they flood the servers with junk requestsppWhile DDoS incidents have been attributed to statesponsored groups the simplistic nature of the attack means they cannot offer a lasting disruptive capability or provide the attacker with a method to penetrate the targets networksppIn recent years such attacks have been launched by groups expressing support for Russia in its invasion of Ukraine Researchers believe some of these groups may have external sponsorship The French government did not attribute the incidentppThe attacks this weekend targeted a number of ministerial services according to a statement by the prime ministers office It is not clear if they were limited to just the publicfacing websites used by the French governmentppThe statement announced that a crisis cell has been activated to deploy countermeasures and that the impact of these attacks has been reduced for most services and access to state websites restoredppAlexander Martinppis the UK Editor for Recorded Future News He was previously a technology reporter for Sky News and is also a fellow at the European Cyber Conflict Research InitiativeppPrivacyppAboutppContact Uspp Copyright 2024 The Record from Recorded Future Newsp