France
FRA
LockBit ransomware cripples Saint-Nazaire municipal IT and public services
The City and Agglomeration of Saint-Nazaire suffered a large-scale cyberattack during the night of 9-10 April 2024. Servers, files and business applications became unavailable, preventing normal operation of municipal services and also affecting several municipalities sharing the infrastructure. Later forensic work identified the cryptovirus as LockBit, with one third of servers encrypted and the wider information system shut down for reconstruction.
82
Estimated severity
82 / 100
98
Source reliability
98 / 100
Approximate Date
09/04/2024
Targeted Company
VILLE DE SAINT-NAZAIRE AND SAINT-NAZAIRE AGGLOMÉRATION
Targeted Company Supply Chain Impact
Distribution & Fulfillment
Procurement & Sourcing
Production & Manufacturing
Sales (Retail & Ecommerce)
Warehousing
Service Delivery
Unrecognized Impact
Supply Chain Relations
No information
Geographic Impact
Country Targeted Company
Other Affected Countries
No other affected countries reported
Target country
France
Affected countries
France
Impacted regions
No information
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Service unavailabilityOperational disruption
Affected sectors
Government & Public Administration
Affected departments
Information Technology
Attack Profile
Attack types
RansomwareUnauthorized access
Attributed threat actors
LOCKBIT
Sources
Incident Sources
presse.saintnazaire.frhttps://presse.saintnazaire.fr/revues-de-presse/ville-et-agglomeration-de-saint-nazaire-cyber-attaque-en-cours/saintnazaire.frhttps://www.saintnazaire.fr/actualite/cyberattaque-le-point-sur-la-situation/saintnazaire.frhttps://www.saintnazaire.fr/actualite/face-a-une-attaquede-grande-ampleur-les-services-publics-sadaptent/