Belarus
BLR
BelTA website and news-publishing infrastructure taken offline in hack
On 31 December 2023, attackers compromised Belarusian state news agency BelTA’s website, replaced published material and the home page with their own content, and the site became inaccessible. Belarusian Cyber Partisans claimed additional internal-system destruction, which has not been independently established to the same standard.
67
Estimated severity
67 / 100
84
Source reliability
84 / 100
Approximate Date
2023-12-31
Targeted Company
BELTA
Targeted Company Supply Chain Impact
Distribution & Fulfillment
Procurement & Sourcing
Production & Manufacturing
Sales (Retail & Ecommerce)
Warehousing
Service Delivery
Unrecognized Impact
Supply Chain Relations
No information
Geographic Impact
Country Targeted Company
Other Affected Countries
No other affected countries reported
Target country
Belarus
Affected countries
Belarus
Impacted regions
No information
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Service degradationService unavailability
Affected sectors
Media & Entertainment
Affected departments
Information Technology
Attack Profile
Attack types
Data modificationUnauthorized access
Attributed threat actors
BELARUSIAN CYBER PARTISANS