Websites of Dutch Political Parties Hit by DDoS Attack Before EU Elections

Pro-Russian hacker group HackNeT attacked a number of Dutch websites belonging
to various political parties right before the elections for the European
Parliament started across the EU.

An important event such as elections across an entire continent attracts all
sorts of criminals, including hackers who deploy DDoS attacks. Their activities
have often been seen in the past two years as companies and institutions across
the EU are hit by DDoS attacks, although most of the time the organizations’