A cyber attack paralyzed the website of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. The websites of the ministries and subordinate authorities have been inaccessible since Tuesday morning. announced the Ministry of Infrastructure and Digital via Twitter. “The website is not available”, it sounds Wednesday morning.
It is a so-called DDoS attack, or a targeted overload of the attacked servers, according to the ministry. A government spokesman for Prime Minister Reiner Haseloff (CDU) spoke of an “important event”.
Hard at work defending against the attack. In addition, criminal charges were filed with the criminal investigation department of the state of Saxony-Anhalt.
Targeted aid for Ukraine
Hackers also tried again on Tuesday to paralyze a new platform of the German Ministry of Development Cooperation for participation in the reconstruction of Ukraine. A ministry spokeswoman confirmed a corresponding “mirror report” upon request. The platform has been attacked repeatedly since its launch early last week, she said. Shortly after the start there was a peak and again on Tuesday.
The “Spiegel” reported on “pro-Russian cyber-attacks” in which servers are flooded with an artificially generated mass of calls until they collapse under the load. “The attacks are still successfully repelled,” says the spokeswoman for the dpa ministry.
The platform, which includes a central website, is intended as a point of contact for anyone who wants to be involved in the reconstruction. It is intended to allow aid organizations, companies and initiatives to network.
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(t-online/dsc)
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