The website of the French National Assembly has been blocked since Monday morning by an attack claimed by the pro-Russian hacker group NoName, in response to France’s support for Ukraine, experts from the group told AFP. Thales.
The Assembly site, which links to a fixed page where it is indicated “currently under maintenance”, is the target of a “denial of service” attack (saturation of requests, editor’s note) carried out by the collective of hackers pro -Russians NoName057.
He claimed responsibility for the attack on his Telegram channel, in response to France’s support for Ukraine, Ivan Fontarensky, technical director of cyber defense at Thales, told AFP.
“We have decided to repeat our recent trip to France, where the protests against Macron, who has decided not to care about the French and continues to serve the neo-Nazis in Ukraine, are not calming down,” the group wrote on Telegram.
NoName also claims an attack against the site of the Senate, for the moment without visible effect.
NoName is one of some 80 pro-Russian hacker collectives attacking institutions in countries that support Ukraine, including Western European countries, said Nicolas Quintin, chief analyst for Ukraine. Thales threat analysis team, which brings together some fifty experts worldwide.
France, one of their regular targets, has seen several such attacks recently. Last week, they blocked the Aéroports de Paris site and targeted the DGSI site. These two waves of attacks were claimed by another group of pro-Russian hackers, said Thales, which follows their communications.
NoName, established in March 2022, which communicates in Russian and English, conducts denial of service attacks, basic cyberattacks.
These pro-Russian collectives have flourished since Russia invaded Ukraine. They act without seeking a ransom, unlike traditional hackers.
Inexpensive denial of service attacks usually only result in temporary site blockages. But they can handicap companies if they are linked to their sales or production system.
03/27/2023 16:41:33 – Paris (AFP) – © 2023 AFP
