A cyberattack is currently taking place on the network of all Greek Universities! According to unconfirmed information that reached SecNews a while ago, and we are reporting with caution, from an anonymous reader, the attack began at 09.10 in the morning against the network of the Greek Higher Education and Research Network (National and International Interconnection Network of Higher Education and Research Centers).
At this moment, due to the ongoing cyberattack, significant delays are being observed in the connections of all organizations to sites, mainly abroad, according to the same information
Every effort is being made to limit the attack by the Hellenic National Network's Helpdesk.
We will inform you of any new information that comes to our attention.
SecNews thanks the anonymous reader for the timely and accurate information.
[Update 1 – 24/1/2014 – 12:55] According to a new update from information published on Twitter by the official GrNET account, a very powerful DDoS attack has indeed occurred. At the moment, it has been successfully repelled and the gradual restoration of the network to normal operation has begun.
