Electronic systems and parking services of Slovakia’s capital were down during an international security conference, GLOBSEC, on Wednesday, with an anti-NATO group claiming responsibility for the attack.
The massive DDoS cyber-attack disabled city hall’s website in the early morning. Bratislava Mayor Matus Vallo said that no data was breached.
“We are doing everything possible to ensure that services are restored as soon as possible. We are also communicating and coordinating our efforts with the National Security Bureau, the government’s CSIRT cybersecurity unit and our internet provider,” said Vallo.
GLOBSEC’s conference covers a range of security topics, including hybrid threats and supporting Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression.
The cyber group, which city hall refuses to name, claimed responsibility early morning on Twitter.
“We can no longer watch as the US and NATO lead society into WWIII. We are to stop it!” wrote the group earlier in May. It used #GLOBSEC in its posts, connecting the attack to the conference attended by Ursula von der Leyen and Emmanuel Macron, among others.
The group also said it was responsible for the cyber-attacks on Hiroshima on the occasion of the G7 summit, which was attended by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The attack also disabled Bratislava’s parking services. As a result, City Hall stopped giving out parking tickets for the day as people could not pay for them.
(Barbara Zmušková | EURACTIV.sk)
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