(In the 3rd set of the 1st paragraph, the letter S was large in the word “DDOS attacks”.)
Magdeburg (dpa-AFX)-In Saxony-Anhalt, several ministries were not called up for a short time on Thursday morning. The reason is a persistent cyber attack on the state portal, a spokesman for the Digital Ministry said on request. Accordingly, the state portal has been the goal of a so-called “DDOS attack” by the Prorussian Hacker Group “Noname057)” since Thursday morning. Access to the pages is now possible again.
In the so-called DDOS attack (Distributed Denial of Service), a server is specifically overloaded with mass inquiries, so that it is no longer available. It is currently still unclear whether other federal states are affected. Other countries supervised by the IT service provider Dataport are not affected at the moment, the ministry said.
According to the ministry, the state government has been relating to new technologies since 2024, with which such attacks can be recognized and fended off faster. “These technologies are currently ensuring that the state portal can be reached with minor restrictions,” it said. The loading of the pages could take a little longer, and the page is also blocked with the press releases, as a large part of the attack aims at this page.
In addition, procedural defense measures were activated. The IT security center from Dataport wanted to activate geoblocking for the regions on Thursday, from which the wave of attack comes. Whether an advertisement will be filed against the attacker is currently being examined./CKI/DP/Men