The Normandy Regional Council was the victim of large-scale computer failures on Friday, December 9, probably linked to a cyberattack, we learned from concordant sources.
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“
Normandy Region computer malfunction.
The regional community has noted since last night a certain number of abnormally saturated servers
, “said the communication service of the Region, whose website was inaccessible at midday, to AFP.
A mobilized crisis unit
“
At
this stage we cannot formally confirm a cyberattack but we have a strong suspicion
, underlines the Regional Council, confirming information from
Paris-Normandy
.
The entire crisis unit is mobilized so that essential services are maintained in conjunction with a specialized service provider
” and “
the police services have been informed
”.
According to a union source, “
all access to the computer network is blocked.
We were instructed to turn off the PCs.
We don't have any more specific information at this time
."
Cyberattacks have multiplied in recent weeks against public establishments and French local authorities, the most recent having targeted the Versailles hospital center last weekend, victim according to a source close to the Lockbit ransomware investigation.
In August, the Corbeil-Essonnes hospital had already suffered such an attack, followed by a ransom demand of ten million dollars.
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At the end of November, it was the Guadeloupe region which had lodged a complaint after a “
large-scale cyberattack
”.
The city of Caen, at the end of September, the department of Seine-Maritime, in October, and that of Seine-et-Marne, in November, also had to deal with it.
