The European Parliament's Director General of Communication and Spokesperson, Mr. Jaume Duch said in a Twitter post that the official website of the European Parliament was hacked, shortly after MEPs adopted a resolution calling Russia a "state that promotes terrorism."
In his post, Duch referred to "a denial of service attack (DDOS)" that resulted in the "unavailability of the website" of this European institution. "Parliament's teams are working to resolve the problem as soon as possible," he added."
Kremlin Group
A pro-Kremlin group has claimed responsibility for the cyberattack on the European Parliament's website, the president of the European institution, Roberta Metsola, has announced.
"The European Parliament is under a complex cyber attack. A group friendly to the Kremlin claimed responsibility," Metsola said in a Twitter post. "Our skilled technicians are dealing with it and protecting our systems. And this after we designated Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism. My answer: Slava Ukraini (glory to Ukraine)," she added.
Attacks of this type (DDoS, denial of service attack) usually consist of sending a very large number of messages or requests to connect to a system, making it impossible to access it.
While MEPs are gathered in Strasbourg for the European Parliament's plenary session, the website from which debates and votes are relayed has been blocked since early afternoon. "It seems that it is mainly the European Parliament's website that is affected. My colleagues have found connection problems but this does not prevent the continuation of work," said French MEP Fabianne Keller.
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