Belgium faces cyberattack: some government services unavailable

In Belgium, hackers attacked the finance department, temporarily disabling the MyMinfin tax portal and several other government online services.

This was reported by the Federal Public Finance Service of Belgium on October 28.

The department noted that access to services was restricted for security reasons. Specialists are investigating the consequences of the cyberattack and conducting technical work to protect the systems.

Due to the disruptions, the authorities will extend the deadlines for filing tax returns for certain income categories. New deadlines will be announced later.

According to preliminary results of the inspection, there are no signs of data leakage or theft. At the same time, the investigation is ongoing.

Most other financial institution applications remain available, although some operate with limited functionality.

As a reminder, on October 27, it was reported about a cyberattack by Russian hackers on defense enterprises of one of the NATO countries . The attackers gained access to internal networks and technical documentation of companies that perform state and defense orders.

Earlier, on October 6, it became known that more than 100 Ukrainian websites had been hacked , through which hackers distributed malicious software. They used a fake “I’m not a robot” verification to infect devices.

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