By Eliza Popova
The hackers struck the website of the Constitutional Court of Romania, the Chief Government Portal, the site of the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and presidential candidates. According to the National Cyber Security Directorate, the sites of the candidate who have shot were the sites of contenders from the ruling coalition Krin Antonescu, and the mayor of Bucharest Nikushor Dana, who represents himself as an independent candidate.
The crackers took responsibility for the cyberattack, reporting it in their channel on Telegram. They stated that the purpose of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Justice was among the purposes. In particular, the National Cyber Security Directorate of Romania stated that the websites listed by the hackers were already in operation at 2 pm in Romanian time.
Noname057 is a pro -Russian hacker group known for a series of cyberattacks for government websites, media and private companies in Ukraine, USA and several countries in Europe. The group operates as a free network of digital activists, whose purpose is to attract attention and dissemination of the pro -Kremlin agenda in the West. We will remind, experts were called George Simion, a far -right party "Alliance for the Unity of Romanians" (AUR) before the beginning of the vote.
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