The cyberattack concentrating on La Poste “has decreased in intensity” however “continues”, simply earlier than Christmas | EUROtoday

The Minister of the Economy, Roland Lescure, affirmed, Tuesday, December 23, on BFM-TV/RMC that the cyberattack which affected La Poste and its on-line mail monitoring and banking companies on Monday “decreased in intensity” however “continues”. La Poste confirmed to Agence France-Presse (AFP) that the“attack is still in progress”.

“No personal data was vacuumed”additionally declared Roland Lescure. “If you asked for a package for Christmas, you don’t have the means today to go and see where it is on the site, but the package is arriving”he assured, explaining that “The first priority is to ensure that the packages arrive in time for Christmas. » Postal workers “are working hard to get there and they tell me that yes, they will get there”.

The La Poste group confirmed on Monday that it was the sufferer of a pc assault making its on-line companies inaccessible and disrupting the distribution of parcels and mail, which nevertheless stays “assured at this stage”. The cyberattack comes at first of the Christmas vacation week, the busiest interval for La Poste. Over the final two months of the 12 months, La Poste types and distributes 180 million parcels.

Increase in assaults at Christmas

This pc assault by Denial of service consists of overloading web sites and functions with focused requests in order that they’re not accessible. “Regarding La Banque Postale, online payments remain possible with authentication by SMS”specified the group, guaranteeing that it “there is absolutely no impact on the data” prospects.

“Banking transactions can also be done at the post office as well as cash withdrawals from ATMs”relying on the group.

“The end of year period always sees an upsurge in cyberattacks, but usually it is more cyberattacks that target individuals”underlined to AFP Gérôme Billois, cybersecurity professional from the corporate Wavestone.

This finish of the 12 months noticed, along with the assault on La Poste, cyberattacks in opposition to the ministries of the inside and sports activities.