As per a report published in the Security Week, the Belgium interior ministry has revealed that they were at the receiving end of a ‘sophisticated cyber attack’. They are calling it ‘cyber espionage’. However, the spokesperson of the ministry has confirmed that the most sensitive data is still protected and the cyber attack was not The post Belgium’s Interior Ministry Faces Cyber Attack appeared first on Kratikal Blogs.
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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.
Belgium Hacked, Most Likely by China May 26, 2021 07:37 GMT
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The Belgian Interior Ministry was the victim of a cyberattack in which intruders obtained access to the entire computer system of the ministry. Belgian experts say the attack was most likely launched from China, according to Euractiv.
The attack, which was uncovered by technicians at the Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium (CCB) back in March, was initially launched in April 2019, the statement said.
The attack was kept secret to reveal the system s vulnerability only after it was protected.
The Home Office asked the CCB to investigate the network after Microsoft disclosed problems with Exchange, the email system used by many businesses and organizations. According to Belgian media, the hackers gained access to computer systems by exploiting a flaw in Exchange.
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