New Cyberattack Wave Targets Albanian Parliament, Telecom

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New Cyberattack Wave Targets Albanian Parliament, Telecom

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Albania's Parliament and a telecom service provider suffered cyberattacks this week in the latest wave of hacks targeting the country from Iran.

The attacks, which originated outside of Albania, prompted the country's tech experts to immediately work on recovering the affected systems and analyzing the tactics and techniques used, the Albanian National Authority for Electronic Certification and Cyber Security or AKCESK said in a statement.

Reports from local media earlier in the week claimed that unnamed hackers had attempted to interfere with the Parliament's infrastructure and delete data during the attack, although their efforts were ultimately unsuccessful.
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New Cyberattack Wave Targets Albanian Parliament, Telecom
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