This is a DDoS attack, in which the targeted servers are flooded with an astronomical quantity of requests, which ends up paralyzing them. “The collective announces its attacks in advance on its website,” said the spokesperson for the Center for Cybersecurity Belgium, Katrien Eggers. “We have contacted the victims to take anti-DDoS measures.”
The province of Liège confirmed having been among the targets. Just like those of Limburg, East Flanders, Flemish Brabant (which took its site offline for a few hours) and Walloon Brabant. The city of Antwerp and the Chamber also reported being affected. The Antwerp website (photo) was unreachable for several hours, but is now active again.
Most of the affected sites were in fact restored by early afternoon. Those from the province of Hainaut and the Walloon Region were still unavailable. According to the CCB, disruptions are still expected in the coming hours “depending on the intensity of the attack and the protective measures taken.”
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