‘Large-scale’ cyberattack hits French township, all local services down

The mayor of Pays Fouesnantais, a coastal township in Brittany in northwestern France, announced his municipal authority had been hit by a “large-scale” cyberattack that had taken down all of its community services. The nature of the attack has not yet been confirmed. Roger Le Goff, the mayor, told local newspaper Ouest-France that the incident

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