According to information provided by the press services of some Austrian institutions, hackers attacked their servers attack DDoSwhich consists in their overload and as a result blocking websites.
Together these are the websites of dozens of Austrian offices and institutionsincluding the Ministry of Defence and the Court of Auditors.
Austria. Attack on government websites
The spokesman of the Austrian Court of Audit, Christian Neuwirth, issued a special statement in which he assured that the group's actions did not affect the functioning of the institution.
“The attacks only affect the home page, so there is no risk to our work or any data,” he stressed.
Austria hit by cyberattacks. Pro-Russian hacker group identified
To attack a pro-Russian group confessed, operating under the name NoName.
– Its members do not limit themselves to blocking the websites of Austrian offices – emphasized IT security expert Stefan Embacher in an interview with the portal oe24.at. He further added that criminals are trying to encourage ordinary internet usersto join the attack.
– The group is currently mobilising all the volunteers it can to achieve greater effectiveness. IP addresses to be attacked have been publishedwith the comment: “Come on, people, show us what you can do. Glory to you Russia” – Embacher said.
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