Hard blow for La Poste, blocked simply earlier than Christmas by a cyberattack | EUROtoday

Appointed to the presidency of La Poste on October 21, Marie-Ange Debon is experiencing her first main disaster on the head of the postal and banking providers group. Since the morning of Monday, December 22, he has been the sufferer of a large-scale laptop assault, on the worst time for him, throughout the intense Christmas parcel interval.

The numerous web sites of the general public firm, reminiscent of La Poste, Colissimo, La Banque Postale, L’Idabilité humaine, but in addition the cell utility of the Banque Postale, had been inaccessible because the morning, stopping any on-line operations. As of late Monday afternoon, at 6:30 p.m., providers had nonetheless not been restored.

The distribution of parcels and letters, at dwelling or in an company, was then again “assured at this stage”, La Poste indicated in a press launch in the midst of the day. “Banking transactions can also be done at the post office as well as cash withdrawals from ATMs”added the group based on which “payments, interbank exchanges and flow processing are functioning normally”. Online, Internet and cell card funds stay potential with authentication by SMS changing certification by way of the “Certicode” service of La Poste.

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