At least five Macau government websites were knocked offline by suspected foreign hackers for almost an hour earlier this week, several Chinese media outlets reported, citing local security officials. <\/p>\n
A distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS) affected, among others, the websites of Macaus security service, police force, fire and rescue services, and the academy for public security forces. <\/p>\n
The densely populated Macau is a special administrative region on the south coast of China. Local police have launched a criminal investigation into the incidents to trace the source of the criminal activity. <\/p>\n
The attack occurred on Wednesday evening and likely originated from overseas, according to local officials. <\/p>\n
Following the incident, Macaus authorities carried out an emergency response in collaboration with telecommunication operators to promptly restore regular services, said the regions Secretary for Security, Wong Sio Chak. <\/p>\n
The countrys security forces also instructed Macau Telecom, which provides the services to block DDoS attacks, to investigate the incident and submit a report and improvement plan to prevent similar attacks in the future. <\/p>\n
It is not clear what hacker group was behind the incident or what their motives were. <\/p>\n
Local media claimed that the latest attacks followed a surge in cyber activities in the region. According to a recent report, the number of cyberattacks targeting Macaus critical infrastructure last year has more than tripled since 2020. <\/p>\n
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is a reporter for Recorded Future News based in Ukraine. She writes about cybersecurity startups, cyberattacks in Eastern Europe and the state of the cyberwar between Ukraine and Russia. She previously was a tech reporter for Forbes Ukraine. Her work has also been published at Sifted, The Kyiv Independent and The Kyiv Post. <\/p>\n
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