The French government today said that several of its services have been targeted by cyber attacks of unprecedented intensity, and a special crisis center was activated to restore online services. Prime Minister Gabriel Attal’s office said in a statement that the attacks started on Sunday night and hit multiple government ministries, without providing details. By yesterday, it said, the impact of the attacks had been reduced for most services, and access to government sites restored.
A group of hackers called Anonymous Sudan claimed responsibility for the attacks in online posts.

A French official said they were denial-of-service attacks, a common type of cyberattack that involves flooding a site with data in order to overwhelm it and knock it offline.

France’s government has made a push to improve cyber defenses before the Paris Olympics this summer and after damaging ransomware attacks in recent years, including on hospitals in 2021.