The French town of Sartrouville is recovering from a cyberattack that limited services last week.
In a statement on Friday, city officials said their IT department is recovering from a “limited-scale attack” that affected city servers on August 17.
Sartrouville has more than 50,000 residents and is about 45 minutes outside of Paris.
While the town’s statement does not say whether it was a ransomware attack, they explained that their backup systems allowed them to speed up the recovery process.
“The attack, which took place on August 17, only targeted certain computer servers at the town hall. The technical teams immediately took measures to contain and neutralize the incident,” they said.
“Thanks to their vigilance and rapid response, the impact of the attack was limited.” The town also notified the government’s OCLCTIC cybercrime authority.
Officials noted that the town’s IT department has set up a “robust” backup system that allowed them to preserve critical data and “minimize disruption to the operation of municipal services.
Pierre Fond, mayor of Sartrouville, touted the backup system and thanked the IT department for its work.
"We would like to assure our citizens that all necessary measures have been taken to resolve this situation as soon as possible,” he said. “Our IT team is working tirelessly to restore all of our services.”
The Medusa ransomware gang took credit for the attack on Saturday, posting the municipal government to its leak site, according to cybersecurity expert Dominic Alvieri. Le Parisien, which first reported the incident, confirmed that c ..
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