ProRussian hackers target Belgian telecom websites in DDoS attack

p5 November 2025ppA DDoS cyberattack briefly disrupted the websites of Belgian telecom operators Proximus and Scarlet on Wednesday morning The proRussian hacker group NoName057 claimed responsibility for the attack via Telegram Ghent University Hospital was also hit by a DDoS attack around the same timeppProximus spokesperson Fabrice Gansbeke confirmed that technicians detected unusual traffic around 720 and took immediate countermeasures From 730 we saw a sharp increase in traffic The impact was very limited our systems held up he saidppIn a DDoS or distributed denial of dervice attack hackers flood a website with massive amounts of traffic overwhelming its servers and making it temporarily inaccessible Such attacks do not compromise user datappAt 853 NoName057 posted a message on Telegram boasting of attacks against the websites of Scarlet and Proximus and an internal Telenet portal However Telenet spokesperson Stefan Coenjaerts denied the claim Our systems were not hacked and no websites went offline he saidppThe hackers cited comments by Defence minister Theo Francken in a recent interview with Humo magazine where he said NATO would flatten Moscow if Russia attacked Brussels We advise the Belgian minister not to throw such statements around the group wroteppIt is not the first time NoName057 has targeted Belgium Last year right before the October elections the proRussian hackers hit Belgian websites on four consecutive days In March they again took down government websites ppAround the same time Ghent University Hospital UZ Gent was inconvenienced by a DDoS attack The disruption caused slower communication with a number of external systems resulting in some information being temporarily unavailable or delayed It is not yet clear whether both attacks were carried out by the same groupppWithin the hospital itself all ICT applications continued to function normally limiting the impact on patient care Treatments and interventions went ahead as planned although some consultations were slightly delayed The hospital confirmed that by around 1100 communication with external systems had been fully restoredppOther Belgian targets were also hit by a cyberattack including industrial printer manufacturer CP Bourg in Wavre and the municipality of CominesWarneton in Hainautpp pp BELGA PHOTO BENOIT DOPPAGNEppRelated newsppBy clicking Subscribe I confirm I have read and agree to the Privacy PolicyppBelga News Agency delivers dependable rapid and highquality information 24 hours a day 7 days a week from Belgium and abroad to all Belgian media The information covers all sectors from politics economics and finance to social affairs sports and culture not to mention entertainment and lifestyleppEvery day our journalists and press photographers produce hundreds of photos and news stories dozens of online information items plus audio and video bulletins all in both national languages Since the end of March 2022 English has been added as a languageppFor public institutions businesses and various organisations that need reliable information Belga News Agency also offers a comprehensive range of corporate services to meet all their communication needsppArduinkaai 29
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