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2023_099

The website of a port is victim of a denial of service attack claimed by a hacktivist group [...]

Day	Month	Year	Country	Activity	Incident Type
9	August	2023	Netherlands	Port	Denial of Service

Summary

According to sources, a pro-Russian hacking group recently launched DDoS attacks against several websites in the Netherlands, amongst which this seaport. The claim, nature and pattern of these attacks suggest that they were orchestrated in the context of the ongoing geopolitical tensions.

Victim

Port of Groningen

Claimed/Reported Threat Actor

NoName057(16)

Origin

Hacktivism

Main impact

Availability

References

https://therecord.media/prorussian-hackers-claim-attacks

Recommendations to Port to reduce Denial of Service risks:

Implement rate limiting and traffic filtering to mitigate the impact of incoming malicious traffic.
Check with your IT service provider that the resilience of its systems against such attack was tested.
Regularly monitor network traffic and set up alerting for unusual patterns or spikes.
Diversify your server locations and use fail-over systems to ensure service availability in case of an attack.
Establish an incident response plan to quickly mitigate and recover from DoS attacks.

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