Several government websites linked to France’s Ministry of Ecological Transition were rendered inaccessible after a cyberattack claimed by an anonymous user on a criminal forum. ANSSI is investigating suspected user account compromise, while the incident caused service disruptions and a temporary outage of some digital services, including in the Creuse prefecture. #ANSSI #MinistryofEcologicalTransition #CreusePrefecture
Information
- Victim: Several government websites linked to the Ministry of Ecological Transition
- Website: ecologie.gouv.fr
- Country: France
- Date Reported: 2026-09-02
Keypoints
- Several government websites linked to the Ministry of Ecological Transition became inaccessible following a cyberattack.
- The attack was claimed by an anonymous user on a criminal forum.
- ANSSI is conducting investigations into suspected compromise of user accounts.
- The incident caused disruptions and temporary interruption of some digital services.
- Some services in the Creuse prefecture were affected.
- The outage impacted public-facing government web services.