A computer attack on Sunday night on several NATO websites temporarily inaccessible the website of the Alliance's special operations headquarters, the organization said.
"NATO cyber experts are actively dealing with an incident affecting some Alliance websites. NATO regularly deals with cyber incidents and takes cyber security very seriously.“, an official of the organization told the German news agency DPA.
BUT: Portuguese NATO files caught for sale on the dark web
The statement comes after reports on social media suggested that pro-Russian hackers attacked several websites, including the NATO Special Operations Headquarters website, temporarily rendering it inaccessible.
Also according to the same reports, among the attackers could be the Russian hacker group Killnet, associated with other recent attacks, including the website of the German parliament (Bundestag), indicated the DPA.