According to Romanian media outlet G4media, Russian hackers carried out attacks during the elections in Romania, targeting websites of government agencies and presidential candidates.
The attacks, attributed to the DDOSIA/NoName057 group , targeted the Romanian Constitutional Court website , the central government platform , the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website , and the pages of four candidates .
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Among the candidates affected are: Crin Antonescu , who is supported by the government parties, as well as the independent mayor of Bucharest, Nicușor Dan.
The perpetrators claimed responsibility for the attack through their Telegram channel, stating that the websites of the Ministries of Interior and Justice were among the targets . It is said to have been a DDoS attack .
DDoS is a form of cyberattack that aims to disrupt the services of a system or website, making it inaccessible to users. In essence, this attack causes an overload of system resources, making it unable to respond to user requests.
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The National Cybersecurity Directorate announced that all websites reported by the Russian hackers were operating normally as of 2 p.m. (local time), accompanying the update with a humorous reference to "Star Wars": " May the Force be with you ," according to a Facebook post
The cyberattack coincided with the first round of the presidential election in Romania, which was annulled by the Supreme Court over allegations of irregularities in the winner's campaign and suspicions of Russian interference.
According to documents from Romanian intelligence services, in November last year, over 85,000 cyberattacks were recorded against the country's electoral information system during and after election day.
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Preventing DDoS attacks
• Educate employees about DDoS attacks
• Update applications, software, and systems
• Implement robust network monitoring tools and detection systems to quickly identify suspicious traffic patterns
• Use risk assessments to identify potential vulnerabilities in the network infrastructure
• Implement a Captcha challenge to control automated bots
• Configure firewalls to filter suspicious traffic patterns and block traffic from known malicious IP addresses
Source: www.politico.eu
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