Cyber Incident Victim: Département Bouches-du-Rhône
Date:
Mar 2025
Location:
France
Summary
The department's website became inaccessible after acyberattack targeted its hosting provider, causing the site to display an error page. A pro‑Russian hacker group claimed responsibility for the attack on Telegram, while officials said they could not confirm the origin and were working to restore service.
| CIA Posture | Motives | Tactics, Techniques & Procedures |
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| Available to members | 2 motives | 1 technique |
| Threat Actors | Type | Location |
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| 0 actors | Available to members | Available to members |
Description
On Monday,10 March 2025, the hosting provider for the official website of the Bouches-du-Rhône department was targeted by a cyberattack. The attack began early in the morning and caused the department’s site to become inaccessible. Visitors to the site were redirected to an error page instead of the normal content. The department’s services reported that the site’s functioning was perturbed throughout the morning. Technical teams observed that the disruption persisted despite attempts to reload the page. The incident was reported to BFM Marseille Provence by the department’s communications office.
In response, the department’s IT staff began working to restore normal operation of the website as soon as the outage was detected. They have not been able to confirm the origin of the attack based on internal analysis. However, a group identifying itself as pro‑Russian hackers claimed responsibility for the incident on the Telegram platform. The claim has not been independently verified by the department or law‑enforcement authorities. The department continues to monitor the situation and apply any necessary mitigations to bring the site back online. No further details about the attack vector or potential data impact have been disclosed in the available source.