Breaches and incidents
Cholet Agglomeration (France): cyberattack disrupted municipal telephone service
The City of Cholet’s notice (updated 1 Nov 2026) says the telephone service “is now operational again” after “the disruption caused by the cyberattack it...
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What happened
- The City of Cholet’s notice (updated 1 Nov 2026) says the telephone service “is now operational again” after “the disruption caused by the cyberattack it suffered”, and that all usual phone lines are reachable again.
- Root cause: not disclosed.
- No attacker named.
- The notice says teams “remain fully mobilized” to secure the information system; it does not mention data, email, ANSSI, CNIL or a complaint, and gives no date for the attack itself.