Hackers target Hungarian Government

The Hungarian Government recently shut down its computer network after suffering 62k cyber attacks in one day. The Interior Ministry announced that access was subsequently restored, but provided little further information. The government’s main website was affected, along with a number of smaller, associated ones. The attacks came from outside the country, although officials have said that so far they have been unable to identify the attackers.

The Hungarian government was forced to shut down its computer network after thousands of simultaneous cyber attacks.

Officials said more than 62,000 cyber attacks were registered in a single day, affecting the main government website and several others.

The network came under attack from outside the country, with access to several websites temporarily blocked.