Several French government websites were taken offline in the early hours of the morning due to DDoS attacks, which may be related to the arrest of Telegram's founder
PANews reported on August 27 that, according to Cointelegraph's early morning report, several French government websites were taken offline due to a DDoS attack, which is believed to be linked 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 was unable to access these websites and received a warning that the connection to these websites was not secure. Entropia Intel's preliminary report stated that this attack is 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's arrest was related to a cybercrime investigation into "cryptographic" services and he may be detained until August 28.
