Apro-Kremlin group has already taken responsibility. State-sponsored hacking activity is hard to defend against, especially very sophisticated ones. The White House has being warning of this for a while.
Doing nothing is not a good answer. As we previously discussed, companies should steps now to defend against state-sponsored attackers and be prepared for these sophisticated attacks.
The European Parliament website on Wednesday faced a
"sophisticated" cyberattack disrupting its services
moments after members voted to declare Russia a state sponsor of
terrorism.
"I confirm that the Parliament has been subject to an
external cyber attack, but the Parliamentary services are doing
well to defend the Parliament," Dita Charanzová, Czech
MEP and Parliament vice president responsible for cybersecurity,
said in a statement.
Another senior Parliament official, requesting not to be
named, said "it might be the most sophisticated attack that
the Parliament has known so far."
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