Dutch Ministry of Defense Hit by Cyber Disruption, Grounding Flights.
According to ABC News, following the outage of one of the communication networks in the Ministry of Defense of the Netherlands, many government systems connected to this ministry faced disruption.
The Ministry of Defense of the Netherlands has confirmed that the network outage is probably related to one of the ministry’s systems, but its scope and cause are still unknown.
Laurence Bass, the spokesman of the Ministry of Defense of the Netherlands, said: “We are faced with the outage of one of the networks of the Ministry of Defense, and this network is the same network that other government departments are connected to and use.” The Dutch National Cyber ​​Security Center says it is not yet clear whether a cyber attack is at work.
Passengers at Eindhoven airport have been stranded since early this morning, and Ryanair and Transavia flights have been canceled, according to an official. According to him, there is no air traffic and there is no information about its cause.
This airport operates as a military airport under the management of the Dutch Ministry of Defense. The warning and communication systems of emergency service workers have also been affected. The Dutch Coast Guard also announced that it is not possible to contact them by phone or radio. Instead of using wireless, the police forces resort to mobile phones and communicate with each other or the center through text messages.
“KPN” telecommunication company has also faced a disruption and widespread outage of the mobile phone service network, but it has announced that the connection between this outage and the disruption in the Ministry of Defense of the Netherlands is not yet clear. According to the announcement of the Ministry of Defense of the Netherlands, it is not known how long this network outage will last.