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07 December 2023

Belgium accuses Chinese hackers of cyber attacks on Defense and Home Affairs

The government detected cyber attacks against the FPS Home Affairs and Defence. They "significantly affected our sovereignty, democracy, security and society," according to the press release. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, both attacks can be linked to Chinese hacker groups. The hackers had access to the network at the Interior for two years. The Center for Cybersecurity (CCB) had previously suggested that the attack appeared to be the work of an intelligence agency. Due to the cyber attack at Defense, the network was cut off from the internet for weeks and mail traffic with the outside world was interrupted. 

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