Various Swiss government websites and organisations involved in the Ukraine peace summit were the target of cyberattacks on Thursday morning,

Swiss government websites hit by cyberattacks ahead of Ukraine summit

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2024-06-24 10:30:09

Various Swiss government websites and organisations involved in the Ukraine peace summit were the target of cyberattacks on Thursday morning, according to the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).

Switzerland’s NCSC said the attacks were presumably related to the conference, which is taking place at the country’s Bürgenstock resort this weekend. Further such attacks are expected in the run-up to and during the event.

While the attacks led to minor outages, the NCSC said, these were within a specified tolerance range and operations of the affected organisations were not significantly impacted. It added that there is currently no acute threat.

Swiss customs was among those affected, the government announced, which had to temporarily switch to alternative emergency procedures for customs declarations. After just over an hour, systems were back to normal.

This content was published on Jun 12, 2024 Switzerland is holding a high-level conference on peace in Ukraine on the Bürgenstock mountain. Here is an overview of the key aspects of the event.