Belgium
BEL
Mailfence DDoS campaign interrupts availability of Belgian email platform
Beginning October 22, 2021, DDoS attacks targeted Mailfence infrastructure. The Belgian mail provider confirmed that network disruptions and delays affected the availability of its service, with a provider-side technical issue contributing to October 22 problems; it also received an extortion demand.
67
Estimated severity
67 / 100
88
Source reliability
88 / 100
Approximate Date
2021-10-22
Targeted Company
MAILFENCE
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
Belgium
Affected countries
Belgium
Impacted regions
No information
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Service degradationService unavailability
Affected sectors
Technology & IT Services
Affected departments
Information Technology
Attack Profile
Attack types
Distributed denial of serviceExtortion
Attributed threat actors
CURSED PATRIARCH