Security News > 2021 > May > Belgium Interior Ministry Targeted in Cyber Attack
The Belgian interior ministry has found itself the target of "Sophisticated" cyber espionage, a spokesman told RTBF public television on Tuesday.
According to Belgian experts, the attack, which was uncovered in March, had been launched in 2019.
Another large-scale attack at the beginning of May had caused the Belnet network - which connects higher education establishments, universities, research centres and public administration - to crash.
The aim of the attack against the interior ministry was not to jam the website or demand any ransom.
Discovery of the attack had been kept secret so as not to expose the vulnerability of the system until it was protected.
EU leaders meeting in Brussels on Monday and Tuesday discussed the threat of cyber attacks during meetings on the bloc's tensions with Russia, which has been accused of launching a number of such operations.