Several state services were targeted by computer attacks of “unprecedented intensity”, the government reported on Monday. For Nicolas Arpagian, vice-president of Headadmind Partners, there is “at this stage of the investigations, no stolen data.”
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Servers inaccessible, civil servants prevented from working, cyberattacks of “unprecedented intensity” against the websites of several ministries were reported on Monday March 11. “It is an attack on the availability of systems, says Nicolas Arpagian, vice-president of Headadmind Partners, a specialist in digital risks. “You have technical organizations that are configured to be able to simultaneously manage a certain number of requests, if you saturate it, the system freezes and becomes inaccessible.”
Anonymous Sudan claims responsibility for this attack
“At this stage of the investigations, there is no stolen data”, specifies Nicolas Arpagian. On Telegram, several hacker groups have claimed responsibility for these attacks. Among them, Anonymous Sudan, which supports Russia and several Islamist causes. “Overall we can consider that it is a vocation of an anti-Western coalition, continues Nicolas Arpagian. On messaging, the group says it has targeted the ministries of Culture, Health, Economy and Ecological Transition, the general directorate of civil aviation, the interministerial digital directorate, the National Geographic Institute and the services of the Prime Minister. “This type of action is very symbolic because it is visible. Once you deprive your target of their ability to function, it is difficult to hide.” According to Matignon, “the impact of these attacks has been reduced for most services and access to state sites restored”teams are still mobilized to deal with these attacks.
