The APA’s corresponding information was confirmed upon request by the federal party and the Tyrolean state party, which was also affected. It was a so-called DDoS attack, which was fended off. All services are back under control. However, the Tyrolean People’s Party’s website is still “temporarily offline” and no data has been “leaked,” it said.
Other parts of the party may also have been affected. In addition to the Tyrolean regional party, the website of at least one other regional party was offline for a long time. “We are in constant contact with our IT service provider to restore the online operation of our website,” said Tyrolean regional manager Florian Klotz to the APA. Work is being carried out “at full speed” to ensure “everything is working smoothly again.”
According to OÖN information, the Upper Austrian state party was not affected and the website was accessible throughout.
The goal of DDoS attacks is to overload the network, which can lead to outages.
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