Serbian government reports ‘massive DDoS attack’ amid heightened tensions in Balkans

The Serbian government announced on Saturday that the website and IT infrastructure of its Ministry of Internal Affairs had been hit by several “massive” distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.

“So far five large attacks aimed at disabling the IT infrastructure of the Ministry of Interior have been repelled,” said Belgrade, adding that government employees and staff from state-owned Telekom Srbija (Telecom Serbia) were able to counter the attacks.

“Enhanced security protocols have been activated, which can lead to slower work and …

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