Cyprus announced on Sunday that it successfully defended against a cyberattack that aimed to disrupt access to its central government online portal. This incident marks the latest occurrence in a series of similar digital attacks that have spanned over three days, targeting state utilities and the Cypriot branch of a Greek energy firm.
According to a statement released by Cyprus’ Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation, and Digital Policy, authorities implemented a “rapid and coordinated response” that effectively neutralized the threat, which was designed solely to obstruct access to certain government websites.
The attack, identified as a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attempt, had a minimal impact, affecting the central government portal at gov.cy for just a few minutes. Fortunately, other online services and ministry websites remained operational and unaffected.
The deputy ministry did not disclose the identity of those responsible for the attacks or outline any potential motives behind them. The incident on Sunday follows a series of earlier attacks that occurred on Friday and Saturday, targeting critical infrastructure, including the electricity and telecommunications authorities, as well as the operators of the two major airports on the island—Hermes and the fuel provider EKO Cyprus Ltd.
Officials from the Cyprus News Agency confirmed that these previous attacks were also unsuccessful and emphasized that no personal information belonging to clients had been accessed or compromised during these events.