Hacker attacks paralyze websites of several French cities
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On Tuesday, December 31, a number of French city and regional Internet resources became unavailable due to hacker attacks.The Marseille, Tarbes and Haute-Garonne sites are among the victims.The NoName group, known for its pro-Russian stance, claimed responsibility for the cyberattacks.
This was reported by France 24.
In France, a pro-Russian group has launched a hacker attack on the websites of
The attacks, which are called retaliation for France's support of Ukraine, took place on "Day X" announced by the hackers.
On their account, they also announced attacks on sites in Nantes, Bordeaux, Poitiers, Pau, Nimes, Nice, Angers, Le Havre, Montpellier, as well as the regions of Le Landes, French Polynesia, and New Caledonia. Most of these sites continued to operate.
The mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, confirmed the attack on the city's website on TV. The City Hall of Marseille reported that their servers were under heavy load due to the attacks, which forced them to take protective measures that temporarily made the site inaccessible.
Representatives of Pau, Angers, and the Landes department said they had not noticed any serious problems.
According to experts, including Benoît Grunemwald of ESET, the hackers used the DDoS method.
This technique involves overloading servers with a large number of automatic requests, making them unavailable to users. DDoS attacks are usually not related to data theft, but are aimed at creating the illusion of digital insecurity.
The US recently accused China of facilitating a hacker attack on the Ministry of Finance.
Ukraine also recently managed to restore the registry after a large-scale hacker attack.
