France Postal and Banking Services Disrupted by Suspected DDoS Cyberattack

France’s national postal and banking services faced major disruption following a suspected distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that affected key digital systems. La Poste, the country’s postal service, described the incident as a significant network issue that impacted all of its information systems, forcing the temporary suspension of several online services. The disruption affected both postal and banking operations at a national level. 

As a result of the incident, La Poste’s website, mobile application, online mail services, and digital banking platforms were taken offline. While online access was unavailable, the company stated that customers could still carry out postal and banking transactions in person at physical locations. The outage caused inconvenience for users who rely on digital services for routine tasks such as checking account balances, paying bills, or managing mail. 

La Banque Postale, the banking subsidiary of La Poste, also confirmed the cyber incident. The bank reported that the attack temporarily prevented customers from accessing its mobile banking app and online banking services. Both La Poste and La Banque Postale said technical teams were actively working to restore services, although no clear timeline for full recovery was provided.
 

A Russian hacktivist group claimed responsibility for the attack, but French authorities have not confirmed who was behind it. Officials have not publicly attributed

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