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May 5, 2021
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The websites of about 200 public and private entities in Belgium were knocked fully or partially offline Tuesday by a distributed denial-of-service attack against the publicly funded internet service provider Belnet.
Belnet says the DDoS attack, which began at 11 a.m. local time Tuesday, affected government, academic and research institutions. The attack struck websites using the .be domain. Victims included the Belgian COVID-19 vaccine sign-up program in the city of Brussels, according to The Brussels Times, which said some affected websites were still down on Wednesday.
"Our teams have successfully implemented several mitigation rules. The effect of the attack seems to be diminishing, Belnet reported on Tuesday. "We are constantly monitoring our network to counter any new attempts."