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The Belgian interior ministry has found itself the target of sophisticated cyber espionage, a spokesperson told RTBF public television on Tuesday.
The Federal Public Service Interior s communications director, Olivier Maerens, insisted, however, that the ministry s servers were well protected and that the hackers had not succeeded in getting hold of the most sensitive data.
Federal prosecutors had launched an investigation to identify the origin of the operation, which data had been hacked and whether a foreign state was involved.
According to Belgian experts, the attack, which was uncovered in March, had been launched in 2019.
Another large-scale attack at the beginning of May had caused the Belnet network which connects higher education establishments, universities, research centres and public administration to crash.
The Belgian interior ministry has found itself the target of sophisticated cyber espionage, a spokesman told RTBF public television on Tuesday.
The Federal Public Service Interior s communications director, Olivier Maerens, insisted, however, that the ministry s servers were well protected and that the hackers had not succeeded in getting hold of the most sensitive data.
Federal prosecutors had launched an investigation to identify the origin of the operation, which data had been hacked and whether a foreign state was involved.
According to Belgian experts, the attack, which was uncovered in March, had been launched in 2019.
Another large-scale attack at the beginning of May had caused the Belnet network - which connects higher education establishments, universities, research centres and public administration - to crash.