"Albanian Government Hit by Massive Cyberattack"

The Albanian government, over the weekend, was hit with a "massive cyberattack," forcing its websites offline.  In a statement shared with local news outlets, the government blamed the incident on a synchronized "attack from abroad." The National Agency of Information Society had temporarily shut down online services and other government websites to limit the attack's damage.  The government emphasized that all citizens' data stored on its website is "safe and intact." The government did not suggest who may have been behind the attack but noted that "the methods used by these malicious actors are similar to last year's attacks observed in the international cyberspace." A number of Albanian government websites appear to still be offline, including its parliament and prime minister's office.  The Albanian government added that it is working with experts from Microsoft and the US-based Jones Group International to solve the situation and bring it back to normalcy.  There have been suggestions in local media agencies that Russia could be behind the attack because of the EU opening accession talks with Albania and North Macedonia today. 
 

Infosecurity reports: "Albanian Government Hit by Massive Cyberattack"