Numerous Romanian state websites, including those of its Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Constitutional Court, have been targeted with distributed denial-of-service attacks by pro-Russian hacktivist operation NoName057(16) during the rerun of its presidential election over the weekend, reports The Record.
All of the impacted websites have already been recovered, according to the Romanian National Directorate for Cyber Security. Such DDoS attacks during Romania's election rerun, which was prompted by the nullifcation of initial polls after the discovery of Russian interference, come just days after multiple Dutch and European entities had their websites taken down by the hacktivist group as retribution for the Netherlands' continued military assistance to Ukraine. Organizations in Czechia, Italy, Lithuania, and Poland were previously targeted by NoName057(16), which was launched at the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine war three years ago and has been supported by hundreds of volunteers.
All of the impacted websites have already been recovered, according to the Romanian National Directorate for Cyber Security. Such DDoS attacks during Romania's election rerun, which was prompted by the nullifcation of initial polls after the discovery of Russian interference, come just days after multiple Dutch and European entities had their websites taken down by the hacktivist group as retribution for the Netherlands' continued military assistance to Ukraine. Organizations in Czechia, Italy, Lithuania, and Poland were previously targeted by NoName057(16), which was launched at the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine war three years ago and has been supported by hundreds of volunteers.
