"La Poste and La Banque Postale were once again difficult to access on New Year's Day due to a cyberattack. The disruption comes just days after a similar attack disrupted parcel tracking during the Christmas period. The website laposte.fr and all information systems of the French postal company were hit by a cyberattack on Thursday morning, according to radio station RFI. The website and app of La Banque Postale, the postal company's banking division, were also largely inaccessible."
"The earlier denial-of-service attack was claimed by the pro-Russian hacker group NoName057(16). This group uses DDoS attacks to overload servers in order to prevent or delay access to an online service. What was striking was the unusually long duration. The disruption began on December 22 and lasted until December 26, severely affecting package tracking. Delivery itself proceeded normally. La Poste emphasized that no data was stolen. A denial-of-service attack is not considered a breach of information systems."
La Poste and La Banque Postale experienced repeated denial-of-service attacks around late December and New Year's, rendering websites and apps largely inaccessible and disrupting parcel tracking while deliveries continued. The disruption began December 22 and lasted until December 26 during the earlier attack, causing unusually long outages. The pro-Russian hacker group NoName057(16) claimed responsibility and is known for DDoS operations supporting pro-Russian information warfare. La Poste reported no data theft and characterized the incidents as service interruptions rather than breaches. French authorities, including the Paris public prosecutor, DGSI and the national cyber unit, opened an investigation; international operations previously targeted the group.
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