the Paris prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation

Since Monday, the Post Office has been the victim of a cyberattack. Access to bank accounts and tracking of packages is disrupted, a few days before Christmas.

After the cyberattack which affected La Poste on Monday December 23, an investigation was opened to “acts of obstruction of the operation of an automated data processing system”indicates the Paris prosecutor’s office to franceinfo, which specifies that “the investigation is led by the cybercrime section of the Paris Public Prosecutor’s Office and has been entrusted to the cybercrime brigade”.

La Poste said Tuesday that the cyberattack that hit online mail tracking and online banking services on Monday “is still in progress” but the distribution of mail and packages “is proceeding normally at this stage”. “Access to our online services has improved, but the situation remains unstable”exposes the postal operator in a situation update. The press release states that “difficulties” persistent concerning in particular “accessibility of call centers”.

On the other hand, the factors were able “going on tour this morning” to deliver parcels and mail expected for Christmas. “Distribution is proceeding normally at this stage”specifies La Poste, which evokes a context “very difficult”. The cyberattack comes at the start of the end-of-year holiday week, the busiest period for La Poste. Over the last two months of the year, the group sorts and distributes 180 million packages.