Overview
- La Poste reported a distributed denial-of-service incident that made its websites and apps inaccessible and said customer data was not affected.
- Mail and parcel distribution slowed during the peak holiday rush, with some customers turned away at post offices.
- La Banque Postale’s app and online banking were disrupted, with payment approvals shifted to text messages while card payments and ATMs continued operating.
- No group has claimed responsibility, and services remained degraded for more than 12 hours according to the latest update.
- The disruption follows a series of French cases under investigation, including an Interior Ministry breach with a 22-year-old detained and a suspected ferry control software plot, while BPCE reported a separate IT malfunction resolved by midday.