Not long after the resolution passed, this happened:<\/p>\n
\n\ud83d\udea8The availability of @Europarl_EN<\/a> website is currently impacted from outside due to high levels of external network traffic.
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This traffic is related to a DDOS attack (Distributed Denial of Service) event.
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EP teams are working to resolve this issue as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n\u2014 Jaume Duch (@jduch) November 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The president of the Parliament, Roberta Metsola, explained the incident as follows:<\/p>\n
\nThe @Europarl_EN<\/a> is under a sophisticated cyberattack. A pro-Kremlin group has claimed responsibility.\n<\/p>\n
Our IT experts are pushing back against it & protecting our systems.\n<\/p>\n
This, after we proclaimed Russia as a State-sponsor of terrorism.\n<\/p>\n
My response: #SlavaUkraini<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Roberta Metsola (@EP_President) November 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The attack appears to have made part of the Parliament’s website inoperable and made access impossible for a few hours.<\/p>\n
A pro-Russian group called KILLNET appears to have claimed responsibility for the attack in this slightly NSFW Telegram post<\/a>.<\/p>\n
KILLNET is a plausible source of the attack. It is known to have used DDoS attacks on government websites \u2013 including trying to take out<\/a> US government sites earlier this month.<\/p>\n
Whatever the source, the IT team sorted things out. The Parliamentary website is once more available to the world \u2013 and the illegal invasion of Ukraine, and accompanying atrocities, continues. \u00ae<\/p>\n