It is a big hiccup which the city hall of Toulouse would have done well in the middle of a coronavirus crisis. Since April 29, impossible to connect to the websites of the community, as well as Toulouse Métropole.
A breakdown "extremely serious" according to Jean-Luc Moudenc (LR), the mayor of Toulouse questioned Thursday on this blackout of toulouse.fr. A cyber attack to be more precise, according to a press release from the Pink City published on Monday.
While residents of the Pink City are looking for practical information every day, a rescue site has made it possible to take over on the measures concerning the coronavirus epidemic.
Complaints filed
As for the sites of the metropolis and the city, “at the end of the technical diagnosis, it appears that the websites of the City Hall of Toulouse and Toulouse Métropole, currently under security maintenance, were both victims of a malicious attack . Thanks to the monitoring and alert systems put in place by our host, the integrity of the sites and their content has been preserved, ”specifies the community, which wants to reassure users of possible data hacking.
Before adding that "although this attack did not have time to do damage, the communities helped by the National Information Systems Security Agency, ANSSI, carry out the necessary security work before their return online ”, without however giving a date for return to service. The metropolis and the town hall have complained in an attempt to go back to the hacker.
In the meantime, Toulouse residents can consult social networks, or infos.toulouse.fr or the montoulouse portal.
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