Paris (France) (AFP) – Several government websites linked to the Ministry of Ecological Transition are inaccessible on Wednesday, AFP noted, and the National Information Systems Security Agency (Anssi) said it was carrying out “investigations”.

Published on: 02/09/2026 - 15:11 Modified on: 02/09/2026 - 16:16

The site for public consultations on environmental matters, which allows the public to express their opinion on draft orders or decrees, or several regional administration sites display "Maintenance in progress".

“Please try again later, you will soon be able to use this service again,” the message said.

According to the specialized site FrenchBreaches, a cyberattack targeting the ministry was claimed on Wednesday on a criminal forum by an anonymous user. It also claims to have several thousand pieces of data.

“Anssi is currently intervening for the benefit of administrations of the Ministry of Ecological Transition, following suspicions of compromise of certain user accounts and as part of investigations,” for its part, this authority responsible for protecting the country from cybersecurity and cyberdefense threats told AFP.

“The investigations and remediation measures implemented may result in the temporary interruption of certain digital services,” added Anssi.

The ministry, contacted by AFP, did not immediately provide further information.

“To my knowledge, this is not a breakdown but major malfunctions following a malicious intrusion which led to the interruption of certain services,” Ivan Candé, secretary general of the FNEE CGT, told AFP.

The Creuse prefecture mentioned in a press release a “computer incident that occurred at the Ministry of Ecological Transition”, without further details on the nature of this incident.

“The services of the departmental directorate of territories (DDT) and the departmental directorate of employment, work, solidarity and population protection (DDETSPP) of Creuse are encountering difficulties in being contacted, in particular by email,” specifies the prefecture, inviting users to favor the telephone.

France was recently affected by a massive theft of tax data and a cyberattack targeting National Education.

Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu subsequently asked Anssi to form a “new cyber unit” to offer a “more reactive operational response” to cyberattacks targeting France.

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