Security News > 2022 > November > Pro-Russian hacktivists take down EU Parliament site in DDoS attack

The website of the European Parliament has been taken down following a DDoS attack claimed by a pro-Russia group of hacktivists calling themselves Anonymous Russia.

The Director General for Communication and Spokesperson of the European Parliament, Jaume Dauch, also stated after the website went down that the outage was caused by an ongoing DDoS attack.

The attack came after the European Parliament recognized Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism and MEPs called for further international isolation of Russia.

"MEPs also want diplomatic ties with Russia to be reduced, EU contacts with official Russian representatives to be kept to the absolute minimum and Russian state-affiliated institutions in the EU spreading propaganda around the world to be closed and banned."

Notable examples of airport websites taken down following their attack include the Los Angeles International Airport, which was intermittently offline, and the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, a large U.S. air traffic hub.

Earlier this month, the FBI said that DDoS attacks coordinated by pro-Russian hacktivists have a minor impact on their targets because they're attacking public-facing infrastructure like websites instead of the actual services, leading to limited disruption.

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