A Russian hacker group has attacked the website of the European Parliament, which managed to close and block for several hours. This is Anonymous Russia, a division of the Killnet group, which apparently launched a DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack against the site. This has been confirmed by President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsolawhich has also confirmed that «IT experts are fighting it and protecting our systems«.
According to Bleeping Computer, the Director General of Communication and Spokesperson of the European Parliament, Jaume Dauch, has also confirmed after the page crash that the incident was caused by a DDoS attack. This attack appears to be a response to a resolution recently adopted by the European Parliament, which declares Russia a state sponsor of terrorism, as well as a state that uses “means of terrorism.”
According to Dauch, “The availability of the Parliament’s English website is affected by high levels of external network traffic from outside. This traffic is related to a DDoS attack. The teams are working to fix the issue as soon as possible.«.
MEPs reportedly called for the EU to further isolate Russia internationally, including Russia’s membership of international entities and bodies such as the United Nations Security Council. MEPs also want to reduce diplomatic relations with Russia, for the European Union’s contacts with official Russian representatives to be kept to a minimum and for official institutions associated with Russia in the European Union that spread propaganda around the world to be closed. and forbid.
Killnet is a group that has been quite active in recent times, although it is not very famous. However, it has managed to bring down the websites of several airports in the United States, although without affecting the flights. It has also had among its targets JPMorgan Chase, and the United States Department of the Treasury. It also attacks countries and cities that show support for Ukraine. But without many consequences, at least for now. In all the aforementioned incidents, the effects suffered by the targets have been minimal, and the attacks received were described by the FBI as weak.
