Web sites of the Danish authorities and defence firms have been unavailable following a large-scale cyberattack on Thursday 13 November, doubtless launched from Russia.
Supply: Denmark's Civil Safety Company instructed French worldwide information company AFP, as reported by European Pravda
Particulars: Numerous Danish web sites have been hit by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) assault, which blocks entry to websites by overwhelming their servers with site visitors.
The company mentioned that "a number of Danish firms and web sites have been presently experiencing outages and working disruptions due to DDoS assaults", including that it’s "following the state of affairs intently" along with Denmark's navy intelligence.
Danish defence group Terma additionally confirmed the assault. Terma spokesman Tobias Brun-Falkencrone mentioned it’s "too early to say" who’s accountable. "We’re properly geared to deal with this type of cyberattack and acted shortly. There have been no safety breaches and no information was misplaced," he added.
The professional-Russian hacker group NoName057 claimed duty, saying it had focused the web site of Denmark's Ministry of Transport and the state portal Borger.dk.
Background:
- Beforehand, pro-Russian hackers claimed duty for assaults on Finland's Ministry of Defence and different official web sites.
- Russian actors have been additionally behind the publication of private information of Ukrainian servicemembers, utilizing servers positioned in Slovakia.
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