The European Parliament website suffered a sophisticated cyber-attack which was claimed by pro-Russian group of hacktivists Killnet.
The DDoS attack that took down the website of the European Parliament occurred shortly after lawmakers approved a resolution calling Moscow a “state sponsor of terrorism”.
The parliament’s president, Roberta Metsola tweeted “The European Parliament was under a sophisticated cyberattack. A pro-Kremlin group has claimed responsibility. Our IT experts are pushing back against it and protecting our systems. This, after we proclaimed Russia as a State-sponsor of terrorism. My response: #SlavaUkraini (Glory to Ukraine).”
The Director General for Communication and Spokesperson of the European Parliament, Jaume Dauch also confirmed the attack through Twitter stating that the parliament website had been targeted by a “DDOS attack” designed to force high levels of outside traffic onto the site’s server, disrupting the network.
The parliament’s website went down shortly after EU lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to recognise Russia as a “state sponsor of terrorism” over its attacks on Ukraine.
If these reports are true, this would be a massive attack on European democracy that will require further action.
Killnet has claimed attacks on US government websites in the past and previously targeted many other countries that condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine, including Italy, Romania, Estonia, Lithuania, and Norway.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed the declaration by the parliament on Russia and called for Moscow to be “isolated at all levels and held accountable”.
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