PANews reported on August 27 that according to Cointelegraph's early morning report, several French government websites were offline due to a DDoS attack, which is believed to be related to a Russian hacker group. The affected websites include the Paris Administrative Court, the French Ministry of Health's ansm.sante.fr website, and the Supreme Court page. As of the time of writing, the media cannot access these websites and has received a warning that the connection to these websites is not secure. Entropia Intel's initial report stated that the attack was believed to be a response to the arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov in France on August 24.

Earlier today, it was reported that Durov was arrested in connection with a cybercrime investigation into the “Cryptology” service and will be detained until August 28.