"European Parliament Website Hit by Cyberattack After Russian Terrorism Vote"

The European Parliament website was hit with a sophisticated cyberattack that disrupted its services moments after members voted to designate Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism. According to Dita Charanzová, Czech MEP and Parliament vice president in charge of cybersecurity, the Parliament has been subjected to an external cyber attack, but the Parliamentary services are doing well in defending the Parliament. According to Marcel Kolaja, European Parliament member for the Czech Pirate party, the attack is a Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack in which massive amounts of traffic are sent to servers in an attempt to block Internet users from accessing websites. Hacking groups use DDoS attacks to disrupt and cause chaos. It became a favorite tool of Russian hacking groups like Killnet, particularly as a means of protesting political decisions in European countries to support Ukraine in the war. Killnet, a group of hackers with ties to Russia, is suspected of carrying out the attack. This article continues to discuss the cyberattack on the European Parliament website following the Russian terrorism vote.

Politico reports "European Parliament Website Hit by Cyberattack After Russian Terrorism Vote"