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French government says it's being targeted by unusual intense cyberattacks
Updated On: 12 March, 2024 08:38 AM IST | Paris | AP
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
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The French government said Monday that several of its services have been targeted by cyberattacks of "unprecedented intensity," and a special crisis centre was activated to restore online services.
Prime Minister Gabriel Attal`s office said in a statement that the attacks started Sunday night and hit multiple government ministries, without providing details. By Monday afternoon, it said, "the impact of the attacks has been reduced for most services and access to government sites restored."
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