NATO's online resources have been hacked. A spokeswoman for the North Atlantic Alliance confirmed to dpa that its cyber experts are actively investigating the incident, which affected several websites.

According to dpa, it was reported earlier on Twitter that pro-Russian cybercriminals attacked the website of NATO's Special Operations Forces Headquarters (NSHQ), after which it was inaccessible for some time. The attack was blamed in particular on the Russian hacker group Killnet, dpa reported. It has been linked to cyber attacks on the websites of the Bundestag, the police and critical infrastructure in Germany. The alliance pointed out that it is constantly confronted with hacker threats and takes the issue of security in cyberspace very seriously.

Pro-Russian hackers carried out a series of DDoS attacks on German government websites in May 2022. In particular, portals of the Ministry of Defense, the Bundestag, the Federal Police and several police services of the federal states were attacked. In addition, Chancellor Olaf Scholz's website was temporarily unavailable.