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Belgium Hit by Massive Cyberattack May 5, 2021 08:15 GMT   ·  Comment      DDoS Massive Attack Belgium was hit by a major cyberattack on Tuesday, according to Belgian media, affecting many of the country's most important institutions. Its source is still unknown.  The attack was a major distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that took down both internal and public-facing networks. Hackers targeted  , Belgium's government-founded Internet Service Provider that connects national government organizations such as the Parliament, ministries, educational institutions, and rese...

05 May 2021, 10:05 am Belgium is currently at risk as a massive DDoS attack is targeting various websites of more than 200 organizations across the country, includeing the Belgium government, parliament, research institutes, and universities.  (Photo : Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) A participant sits with a laptop computer as he attends the annual Chaos Communication Congress of the Chaos Computer Club at the Berlin Congress Center on December 28, 2010 in Berlin, Germany. The Chaos Computer Club is Europe's biggest network of computer hackers and its annual congress draws up to 3,000 pa...

Sophisticated if you think about it and that makes it difficult for governments including the national government to actually counteract them. is that a problem that people in the intel community feel or the governments feel? you can't compel a john podesta to have a two-step email verification or take down the bot accounts. because they're so unsophisticated they can't compel a government response. >> yeah. i think that's a great point. you know when you talk about two step verification, the basic things, if you think of your cyber defense as a chain, you're only as strong as your weakest lin...

It's nothing short of digital blackmail expert's advice computer users to keep their antivirus software up to date to prevent such attacks. for a distributed denial of service attacks are also very popular among computer criminals a de dos attack is an attempt to paralyze a computer network by flooding it with user traffic the perpetrators often employ large numbers of computers that they've infected with malware. another kind of attack can involve the use of webcams and smart home appliances like refrigerators . these are called bot net attacks. and the motives of computer criminals who carry...

Extremely difficult to replicate these systems since many states utilize unique networks and custom built databases with new and updated security protocols. is that a fair point? >> well, no, i think they missed the point actually. so, you know, this is something we know russia has actually done in the ukraine before. they hacked into the ukrainian government website that was announcing election results. the ukrainians caught it, fortunately, but then russian media announced that their preferred candidate had won when he hadn't. and attacking these websites whether it be through just a d-dos a...