3rd consecutive day of cyberattacks against official Belgian websites
Pro-Russian hackers are stubborn. Several Belgian municipalities are affected by DDoS attacks that can block official websites. The NoName057 collective behind the cyber attack is relentless.
Although not dangerous according to the Centre for Cybersecurity in Belgium (CCB), cyberattacks against Belgian websites continue. The Russian and pro-Russian hackers behind NoName057 are determined to block the web pages of Belgian municipalities, a few days before the elections. They are organizing denial of service attacks with the aim of disrupting the official websites of municipal authorities. This is the 3rd consecutive day of DDoS. Several municipalities of various sizes are affected, including that of Mouscron with 60,000 inhabitants. Apart from the temporary cutting of access to certain web pages, this operation does not seem to affect citizens' data.
(MH with Olivier Duquesne – Source: Le Soir avec Belga – Picture: © picture alliance / Zoonar | Oliver Boehmer)