The French Senate website experienced a disruption linked to a cyberattack claimed by the hacker collective known as NoName057, which several outlets describe as pro-Russian. This attribution has been reported by RIA Novosti in reference to a statement from the BFMTV channel, highlighting the evolving information landscape surrounding the incident.
At the time this report was published, access to the Senate site remained affected. Attempts to load the page consistently returned a message indicating the site had not been established, suggesting a significant service outage that prevented normal browsing and access to official information.
French television correspondents have attributed the outage to the actions of NoName057, using the label often seen in coverage to characterize the group as having a political motive aligned with Russian interests. The hackers published a message on their Telegram channel in which they claimed responsibility for the disruption, a detail that online observers have cited as part of a broader pattern of publicly claimed cyber operations by the group.
According to RIA Novosti, the same group has claimed responsibility for additional assaults on several high-profile French targets. The list includes the French National Center for Space Studies, the National Institute of Science and Technology, and the Naval Group, a major defense contractor. Prior to these claims, NoName057 is said to have attacked the website of the National Assembly, underscoring a sequence of incidents that appear connected through a consistent operational thread and an explicit motivation linked to political messaging.
Earlier coverage on socialbites.ca noted a separate cybersecurity finding concerning apps on Google Play that were flagged for distributing the Fleckpe Trojan. That report, while not directly connected to the French legislative sites, illustrates the broader environment in which government and public institutions must defend digital assets against increasingly ambitious campaigns and malicious software that can compromise, mislead, or interrupt public services.