The online newspaper 15min.lt was hit by a DDoS attack on Wednesday amid increased cyber activity during the NATO summit in Vilnius.
“The DDoS attack is aimed at disrupting network services. The 15min IT team is dealing with the situation,” 15min posted on Facebook on Wednesday morning.
A DDoS attack is a large number of requests targeting websites in order to overload supporting systems.
There has been an increase in cyber attacks targeting Lithuania in the run-up to the NATO summit, causing some websites and mobile apps to go down.
Mobile and internet service provider Telia reported on Monday an increase in calls on Telegram channels for attacks on various Lithuanian state institutions and companies. The company’s experts are monitoring a spike in DDoS attacks on Lithuania’s largest internet network, which has temporarily affected several companies and municipal organisations.
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