A hacker collective aligned with Russia has publicly acknowledged conducting a distributed denial-of-service assault against France's primary postal operator, La Poste, which occurred on December 22, as noted by Reuters. The incident rendered the company's core computing infrastructure inoperable, leading to significant interruptions in parcel distribution right ahead of the holiday season.
According to Reuters, the disruption to La Poste's operations remained incomplete as of Wednesday morning. Standard mail services continued without interruption, but staff could not monitor shipments, and digital transactions via the affiliated La Banque Postale banking unit were also hampered.
The entity, identified as Noname057, has either confessed to or faced allegations regarding numerous cyber incidents internationally. Operating in more than a dozen countries, the group has primarily focused its efforts on Ukraine and countries supportive of it.
This summer, the European Union's policing body, Europol, initiated a broad initiative targeting the collective. The United States Department of Justice has likewise participated in efforts to counter the hackers.