France's state-run postal and bakery service company La Poste was taken offline on Monday due to a suspected distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, the company said. The Postal Service called the attack a “major network incident” that disrupted “all information systems.”
La Poste's online email and banking services, website and mobile app are among the services that will be temporarily unavailable, but customers can continue to make direct banking and postal transactions, according to a machine translation of the announcement.
The La Banque Postale bank branch also issued an announcement regarding the cyberattack, saying that “customers were temporarily unable to access their mobile app and online banking space.”
Despite claims by Russian hacktivist groups, it is not yet clear who is behind the cyber attack.
The cyber attack comes as the French government grapples with a series of recent cybersecurity incidents involving remote control software installed on passenger ferries.
France's interior ministry last week revealed a data breach in which hackers broke into email accounts and stole confidential documents, including criminal records. Shortly after, local authorities announced the arrest of a 22-year-old suspect, whose name has not been released.
It is not clear whether any of the incidents are related.
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