June 20, 2024 at 12:41PM
Cyber attackers targeted Polish public television’s online broadcast of the UEFA Euro 2024 soccer championship tournament’s opening match. TVP experienced a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, but it was quickly mitigated. Speculation arose about whether the massive traffic was accidental or a deliberate ploy, with the Russian Federation being implicated in the attack.
Key takeaways from the meeting notes:
– The UEFA Euro 2024 soccer championship tournament experienced a cyberattack that disrupted the online broadcast of Poland’s Group D opening match against the Netherlands, with the attack being a distributed denial of service (DDoS) effort.
– TVP reported that the attack originated from IP addresses in Poland, but was swiftly mitigated through collaboration with national operators and the efforts of IT teams to restore the service.
– There is debate over whether the incident was accidental due to a large influx of legitimate traffic from fans or if it was a deliberate malicious act, with Poland’s deputy minister of digital affairs suggesting that the attack was likely backed by Russia in an attempt to prevent Polish citizens from watching the match online.
– The attack is highlighted as part of a pattern of cybercriminals targeting major world sporting events, with the deputy minister attributing this specific attack to the Russian Federation and describing it as a DDoS attack aimed at disabling the service, which was repelled quickly.