Since mid-morning, Friday, May 5, it has been impossible to access the Senate site. The blocking, claimed by the collective of pro-Russian hackers NoName, takes place a month and a half after the attack on the site of the National Assembly.
Without further comment, the Senate indicated, in the morning on Twitter, that "access to the Senate website is disrupted [...], our team is fully mobilized to remedy the malfunctions".
i ️ Access to the Senate website has been disrupted since this morning, our team is fully mobilized to remedy the malfunctions. We apologize for the inconvenience caused.
"This is obviously a denial of service attack, flooding the site with requests," commented cybersecurity expert Nicolas Hernandez, president of Aleph Networks.
With a message in Russian and English, NoName claimed responsibility for the attack on its publicly accessible Telegram channel at around 10:20 a.m. There, the hacker group disputed France's support for Ukraine. "We read in the press that France is working with Ukraine on a new aid plan which may include weapons, as well as statements by Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna" and "we have blocked the Senate website French,” writes NoName.
At the end of March, the site of the Assembly had been blocked for several hours by an attack claimed by the same collective, for the same reason.
These pro-Russian collectives have flourished since Russia invaded Ukraine. They act without seeking a ransom, unlike traditional hackers.
