The Slovak online space faced massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks by hackers from all over the world in recent days.
The hackers had also attacked the Slovak Hydro-meteorological Institute (SHMÚ) website.
These attacks had so far appeared only at a low intensity and very sporadically in the systems operated by NASES.
The attacks were conducted mainly in France, China, and the United Kingdom.
NASES employees responded to the attack with various measures, including through the interim blocking of access to the Slovensko.sk website for users abroad.
Other steps included blocking the attacking IP addresses as well as geo-location, i.e. blocking entire countries or continents.
Source: https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20848835/nases-slovakia-facing-multiple-attacks-by-hackers.html
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/slovak-space-office
"id": "slo193911722",
"linkid": "slovak-space-office",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "06/2018",
"severity": "25",
"impact": "1",
"explanation": "Attack without any consequences"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Government',
'location': 'Slovakia',
'name': 'Slovensko.sk',
'type': 'Website'},
{'industry': 'Government',
'location': 'Slovakia',
'name': 'Slovak Hydro-meteorological Institute (SHMÚ)',
'type': 'Website'}],
'attack_vector': 'Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)',
'description': 'The Slovak online space faced massive distributed denial of '
'service (DDoS) attacks by hackers from all over the world in '
'recent days. The hackers had also attacked the Slovak '
'Hydro-meteorological Institute (SHMÚ) website. These attacks '
'had so far appeared only at a low intensity and very '
'sporadically in the systems operated by NASES. The attacks '
'were conducted mainly in France, China, and the United '
'Kingdom. NASES employees responded to the attack with various '
'measures, including through the interim blocking of access to '
'the Slovensko.sk website for users abroad. Other steps '
'included blocking the attacking IP addresses as well as '
'geo-location, i.e. blocking entire countries or continents.',
'impact': {'systems_affected': ['Slovensko.sk website', 'SHMÚ website']},
'response': {'containment_measures': ['Interim blocking of access to the '
'Slovensko.sk website for users abroad',
'Blocking the attacking IP addresses',
'Geo-location blocking of entire '
'countries or continents']},
'title': 'Massive DDoS Attacks on Slovak Online Space',
'type': 'DDoS Attack'}