A massive cyberattack hit Slovak and Polish Parliaments

The Slovak and Polish parliaments were hit by a massive cyber attack, and the voting system in Slovakia’s legislature was brought down.

A massive cyber attack hit the Slovak and Polish parliaments, reported the authorities. The cyber attack brought down the voting system in Slovakia’s legislature.

“The attack was multi-directional, including from inside the Russian Federation,” reads a statement published by the Polish Senate.

Polish authorities argued that the attack may be linked to the Senate’s vote. Polish Senate speaker Tomasz Grodzki defined the Russian government as a “terrorist regime”.

The attack completely blocked the IT infrastructure of the parliament

“Parliament’s entire computer network has been paralysed. “said Slovak parliament’s deputy speaker Gabor Grendel. “Around 11 am (0900 GMT), we were about to vote when the head of our administrative department informed us there has been a cyberattack on the IT system of the parliament,” he added.

“Therefore, the parliamentary session was interrupted.”

The attack brought down the IT network and phone lines at the Slovak parliament, the voting operations on several bills were interrupted.

“We have not identified the source of this problem, our technicians are solving it,” Slovak parliamentary speaker Boris Kollar said.

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Pierluigi Paganini

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Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini is member of the ENISA (European Union Agency for Network and Information Security) Threat Landscape Stakeholder Group and Cyber G7 Group, he is also a Security Evangelist, Security Analyst and Freelance Writer. Editor-in-Chief at "Cyber Defense Magazine", Pierluigi is a cyber security expert with over 20 years experience in the field, he is Certified Ethical Hacker at EC Council in London. The passion for writing and a strong belief that security is founded on sharing and awareness led Pierluigi to find the security blog "Security Affairs" recently named a Top National Security Resource for US. Pierluigi is a member of the "The Hacker News" team and he is a writer for some major publications in the field such as Cyber War Zone, ICTTF, Infosec Island, Infosec Institute, The Hacker News Magazine and for many other Security magazines. Author of the Books "The Deep Dark Web" and “Digital Virtual Currency and Bitcoin”.