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Suspected Cyberattack Knocks Frances National Postal Service Offline

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This photograph shows the logo of French postal service La Poste and banking service La Banque Postale in central Paris on July 30, 2025. Martin Lelievre/AFP via Getty ImagesFrance’s largest postal operator, La Poste, and its banking subsidiary have been hit by a suspected cyberattack, disrupting mail services and online payments during the peak Christmas holiday period.La Poste said on the morning of Dec. 22 that a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) incident had rendered its online services inaccessible. DDoS attacks overwhelm websites or servers with internet traffic, exhausting system resources and preventing legitimate users from accessing services.

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