Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2022-03-03 00:00:00
Affected organization: La Republique En Marche
Affected country: France
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Mixed
Event subtype: External Denial of Services
Motive: Protest
Actor: Killnet
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: Russian Federation
Description: Killnet targeted La RÃÆÃ'Ã'ÃÂ©publique En Marche (LREM) website during the French election in what they claim to be retaliation for France's alleged supplies of military aid to Ukraine. The threat actors saturated the server by multiplying false connections, rendering the site inactive for a few hours.