European Parliament declares Russia a terrorism sponsor, then its website goes down

Enlarge / An iteration of what happens when your web site gets shut down by a DDoS attack.

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The European Parliament website was knocked offline for several hours on Wednesday by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that started shortly after the governing body voted to declare the Russian government a state sponsor of terrorism

European. Parliament President Roberta Metsola confirmed the attack on Wednesday afternoon European time, while the web site was nonetheless down. “A pro-Kremlin group has claimed responsibility,” she. wrote on Twitter. “Our IT experts are pushing again in opposition t it & protecting our structures. This, after we proclaimed Russia as a State-sponsor of terrorism”

While. this post was being reported and written, the website became obtainable once again and appeared to work normally