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French government sites disrupted by <i>très grande</i> DDoS

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STIX ID: report--f6ff269b-a3d8-52dd-888c-410859c7037d

Feed Name: The Register (Security)

Threat Score
65/100

Date Published: 2024-03-12

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Simon Sharwood

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Several French government websites were hit by a sustained, high-intensity distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) campaign that lasted several hours and disrupted services for the prime minister's office, the civil aviation administration, and the Ministry of the Economy. Cloudflare reported Layer 7 attack spikes, Anonymous Sudan claimed responsibility, and some analysts suggested possible assistance from Russia-aligned actors; no data breach or malware was reported and the motive remains unclear.

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