The websites and apps of France’s national post office and its banking service have been hit by a suspected cyber-attack, disrupting deliveries and hampering online payments and transfers at the busiest time of the year, APA reports, citing The Guardian. French media reported that customers wanting to send last-minute parcels or collect items from post offices were being turned away. Online payments also remained possible but had to be authenticated via text message, it said. A 22-year-old suspect had been detained in relation to that incident, French media said. Prosecutors said last week that France’s counterespionage agency was investigating a suspected cyber-attack plot involving software that would have allowed remote users to control the computer systems of an international passenger ferry.

Source: National Post December 23, 2025 11:41 UTC