{"id":515243,"date":"2022-11-24T14:13:47","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T11:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/russian-cyberattack-on-the-eu-parliament-signals-the-need-for-better-security\/"},"modified":"2022-11-24T14:13:47","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T11:13:47","slug":"russian-cyberattack-on-the-eu-parliament-signals-the-need-for-better-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/russian-cyberattack-on-the-eu-parliament-signals-the-need-for-better-security\/","title":{"rendered":"#Russian cyberattack on the EU Parliament signals the need for better security"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a407a240a820\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a407a240a820\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/russian-cyberattack-on-the-eu-parliament-signals-the-need-for-better-security\/#%E2%80%9CRussian_cyberattack_on_the_EU_Parliament_signals_the_need_for_better_security%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Russian cyberattack on the EU Parliament signals the need for better security&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/russian-cyberattack-on-the-eu-parliament-signals-the-need-for-better-security\/#Join_TNW_in_Valencia\" >Join TNW in Valencia!<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CRussian_cyberattack_on_the_EU_Parliament_signals_the_need_for_better_security%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Russian cyberattack on the EU Parliament signals the need for better security&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image?fit=796%2C417&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn0.tnwcdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2022%2F11%2FEU-attack-.jpg&amp;signature=9400e8fd23153a5ee5a94184de8d0084\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-main-content\">\n                            The European Parliament\u2019s website was briefly hit by a cyber attack claimed by pro-Russian hackers, officials said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The website went down shortly after EU lawmakers declared Russia a \u201cstate sponsor of terrorism\u201d over its attacks on Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMEPs highlight that the deliberate attacks and atrocities committed by Russian forces and their proxies against civilians in Ukraine, the destruction of civilian infrastructure and other serious violations of international and humanitarian law amount to acts of terror and constitute war crimes,\u201d a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/european-parliament-hit-by-sophisticated-cyberattack\/a-63864029\">press release<\/a> from the EU Parliament stated.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inarticle-wrapper channel-cta\">\n<div class=\"ica-text\">\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Join_TNW_in_Valencia\"><\/span>Join TNW in Valencia!<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The heart of tech is coming to the heart of the Mediterranean<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe European Parliament is under a sophisticated cyberattack. A pro-Kremlin group has claimed responsibility,\u201d the Parliament\u2019s president, Roberta Metsola, posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Europarl_EN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Europarl_EN<\/a> is under a sophisticated cyberattack. A pro-Kremlin group has claimed responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>Our IT experts are pushing back against it &amp; protecting our systems.<\/p>\n<p>This, after we proclaimed Russia as a State-sponsor of terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>My response: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SlavaUkraini?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SlavaUkraini<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Roberta Metsola (@EP_President) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EP_President\/status\/1595443471518777345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Spokesman Jaume Duch said the website had been targeted by a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudflare.com\/learning\/ddos\/what-is-a-ddos-attack\/\">distributed denial-of- service<\/a> (DDoS) attack.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8The availability of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Europarl_EN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Europarl_EN<\/a> website is currently impacted from outside due to high levels of external network traffic.<br \/>This traffic is related to a DDOS attack (Distributed Denial of Service) event.<br \/>EP teams are working to resolve this issue as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jaume Duch (@jduch) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jduch\/status\/1595433790809284614?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Such attacks disrupt the normal traffic of a targeted server, service, or network by overwhelming the target or its surrounding infrastructure with a flood of internet traffic.<\/p>\n<p>They have also emerged as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Killnet\">the preferred tool of Russian hacking groups like Killnet<\/a>, as a way to cause chaos and protest against European countries that support Ukraine in the war.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs geopolitical tensions rumble on, cyberattacks are increasingly viewed as a viable tool in the armory of nation states,\u201d Oliver Pinson-Roxburgh, CEO of cybersecurity company <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/defense.com\/\">Defense.com<\/a>, told TNW.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe attack on the European Parliament looks to have been timed specifically, hitting their systems at a moment of maximum demand that would be guaranteed to command the greatest attention from the watching world,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>While MEP Rasmus Andresen noted that it\u2019s not certain yet if the attack was directly linked to the resolution on Russia, he did highlight that the parliament\u2019s systems were \u201cnot sufficiently prepared,\u201d AFP <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.barrons.com\/news\/eu-parliament-website-attacked-after-meps-slam-russian-terrorism-01669217706?refsec=topics_afp-news\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope that today\u2019s events will lead us to better protect our data and our democracies because it certainly won\u2019t be the last time we are victims of such attacks,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, cyber attacks against EU institutions have been gradually increasing since 2018, raising concerns about the public sector\u2019s cyber vulnerabilities and defences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe lesson from this attack on the European Parliament should be taken up by all government and public sector organizations: prioritize improving cyber defences to avoid any disruption in the delivery of vital services to citizens,\u201d Pinson-Roxburgh remarked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe failure of public sector organizations to protect services from bad actors will only further undermine public trust in institutions. Public sector organizations must plan for the long term, improving threat management systems and putting in place up-to-date education and awareness training for all staff.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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