Communauté de communes des Vals de Saintonge

Vals de Saintonge Communauté is a French intercommunal entity structured as a communauté de communes. It groups several communes in the Saintonge valley to deliver collective public services to residents and businesses. The organisation maintains an official website that hosts publicly available information for the community. It provides digital services to support local administration, including online access to procedures and territorial data. The community also manages facilities and programs related to sports and leisure, such as an aquatic center. To ensure outreach, it utilizes various communication channels beyond its website.

The organisation's headquarters is located in France, though the specific city is not disclosed in the available sources. In January 2022, the community experienced an external cyber intrusion that paralyzed its official website, rendering it inaccessible for an extended period. The attack did not compromise personal data because the website contained only publicly available information. Despite the website outage, other critical systems such as the family kiosk, geographic information systems, aquatic center platform, and core business applications continued to operate normally. To maintain public information dissemination during the disruption, the community employed alternative communication channels including a dedicated download platform, direct mailing, social media, and existing service portals. Following the incident, work began on developing a replacement website to permanently address the disruption caused by the attack.