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Cyberattack on French postal service causes disruption during Christmas rush

An office of France's national postal service, La Poste, in Paris. The group has been the target of a cyberattack that has knocked out its website and delayed parcel delivery, days before Christmas. © Masha Macpherson/AP

A cyberattack on the French national post office has disrupted mail and parcel delivery and shut down its online services days before Christmas. Customers of the group’s banking arm are also currently unable to access their online banking app.

La Poste was targeted by a distributed denial of service (DdosS) attack on Monday, which overwhelmed its servers with targeted requests so that they become inaccessible.

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