Security News > 2024 > March > French government sites disrupted by très grande DDoS

Several French government websites have been disrupted by a severe distributed denial of service attack.

A statement from prime minister Gabriel Attal's office acknowledged that some sites were in trouble as of Sunday night, and mentioned conventional attacks of unprecedented intensity.

Cloudflare reported an event that started in the small hours of Sunday morning and escalated rapidly, briefly ebbed, then had a resurgence to sustain a significant attack for around six hours.

Cloudflare's data suggests spikes in Layer 7 attacks on Monday and Tuesday.

Infosec firm FalconFeeds opined that Anonymous Sudan did not act alone - suggesting it had help from Russia, pro-Russian threat actor UserSec, and a threat group named 22C. No motive for the attack has been revealed, but French president Emmanuel Macron recently suggested European powers need to contemplate sending troops to fight alongside Ukraine's military to repel Russia's illegal invasion.

Cloudflare's Radar reported smaller DDoS attacks last week, though those didn't make the news or significantly disrupt French government operations.

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