Belgium's Government Network Goes Down After Massive DDoS Attack
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Belgium's government network goes down after massive DDoS attack:
Most of the Belgium government's IT network has been down today after a massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack knocked offline both internal systems and public-facing websites.
The attack targeted Belnet, a government-funded ISP that provides internet connectivity for Belgian government organizations, such as its Parliament, educational institutes, ministries, and research centers.
The incident, which Belnet is still dealing with at the time of writing, is believed to have impacted the activities of more than 200 Belgian government organizations.
[...] Neither Belnet nor any other Belgium government organization have attributed the DDoS attack to any particular entity and seeing that the attack is still ongoing and would have to be investigated, attribution is currently very far away.
Also At:
Massive DDoS Attack Disrupts Belgium Parliament | Threatpost
This massive DDoS attack took large sections of a country's internet offline | ZDNet
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