仏政府機関に「激しい」サイバー攻撃、パリ五輪に不安も　首相府

【パリＡＦＰ＝時事】フランスの首相府は１１日、複数の政府機関を標的とした大規模なサイバー攻撃が発生したと発表した。攻撃は「前例のない激しさ」を伴ったが対処はできているとした。（写真は資料写真）
　ガブリエル・アタル首相の国防顧問は先週、７月に開幕するパリ五輪や、６月の欧州議会選挙がサイバー攻撃の格好の的になる可能性を指摘したばかりだった。
　首相府は複数の政府系組織が標的になったとしたが、詳細は明らかにしなかった。１０日に始まった攻撃では「多くの省庁サービスが狙われた」とし、「技術的にはよくある手口だったが、前例のない激しさを伴った」と説明した。
　安保筋がＡＦＰに語ったところによると、現時点では「ロシアによるものではない」と考えられているという。
　首相府はまた、対応措置が取られたため「ほぼすべてのサービスにおいて攻撃の影響は低減され、政府系ウェブサイトへのアクセスも復旧した」と述べた。
　テレグラムでは複数のハッカー集団が犯行声明を出している。スーダンを拠点にしているとされる「アノニマス・スーダン」もその一つで、仏政府のネットワークインフラに対してＤＤｏＳ攻撃（サービス拒否攻撃）を仕掛けたと主張している。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/03/12-17:03）

Cyberattacks of unprecedented intensity have targeted several French government institutions just months before the Paris Olympics but have been contained, the prime minister?s office said Monday.
The latest cyberattack to hit France follows a warning from Attal's defence adviser just last week that the Olympics games in July and European Parliament elections in June could be significant targets.
Prime Minister Gabriel Attal's office said several state bodies were targeted but did not provide details.
Many ministerial services were targeted from Sunday using familiar technical means but of unprecedented intensity, Attal's office said.
A security source told AFP that the attacks are not currently attributable to Russia, an obvious suspect for many given Paris' support for Kyiv since the invasion of Ukraine.
The PM's staff added that a crisis cell has been activated to deploy countermeasures, meaning the impact of these attacks has been reduced for most services and access to state websites restored.
Specialist services including information security agency ANSSI were implementing filtering measures until the attacks are over.
Several hacker groups claimed responsibility for the attacks on Telegram, a messaging app, including one calling itself Anonymous Sudan which said it had launched a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on French government network infrastructure.
We have conducted a massive cyberattack... the damage will be widespread, said the group, which posts with an avatar of a hooded Guy Fawkes mask in front of a desert scene with pyramids.
Guy Fawkes is famous for his 1605 plot to blow up Britain's parliament, and his image has become a widespread symbol for revolutionary protest.
A lot of different digital government sectors have been affected, including very important websites, with their respective subdomains, it said.
Anonymous Sudan is a known outfit that has carried out attacks in the past year against websites in countries including Sweden, Denmark and Israel.
Purportedly based in Sudan, it says it targets what it deems to be anti-Muslim activity with some signs that it is sympathetic to Russia.
Specialist website Numerama said Anonymous Sudan's exact motivations were unclear, adding however that it had a track record of targeting enemies designated by Moscow.
A DDoS attack involves using a computer or network of computers to make a massive number of requests of a target system, overwhelming its ability to respond to legitimate users.
According to US cybersecurity firm Cloudflare, Anonymous Sudan is one of many groups employing DDoS attacks and organisations can protect themselves against its methods.
The latest cyberattack also follows a call from Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu last month to step up protection against sabotage and cyberattack by Russia, in an internal note seen by AFP that said his ministry was top of Moscow's target list.