A number of NATO websites have been hit by cyber attacks, but they have had no impact on the military alliance’s operations, a NATO spokeswoman said.
The attacks, which affected NATO’s main website, came amid rising tensions over Russian forces’ occupation of Ukraine’s Crimea region where a referendum is to be held on Sunday.
NATO spokeswoman Oana Lungescu said on Twitter that several NATO websites have been the target of a “significant DDoS (denial of service) attack.” She said there had been no operational impact and NATO experts were working to restore normal function.
Source: http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-03-16/several-nato-websites-hit-by-ddoscyber-attacks/
