Belnet is a Belgian internet provider for educational institutions, research centres, scientific institutes and government services.
The site was under heavy DDoS attack beginning on May 4 that impacted the ability of parliament to meet and for students to access their online services. Online reservation systems for vaccination centres were also temporarily down, according to EuroNews.
Their most recent status updates tell the story:
Belnet network under DDoS-attack
Due to a DDoS-attack some Belnet customers are experiencing connectivity problems. Our teams are working hard to mitigate the attacks and to restore connectivity. Belnet customers can contact our Service Desk at 02 790 33 00. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Belnet has continued to make arrangements to put in place protection mechanisms and escalation paths to protect its customers against future attacks. A longer term solution has also been initiated. We have been treating the last side effects of the attack in close consultation with individual customers. We are continuing our efforts tonight to advance on the longer term solution. After this is in place, we will remove the current short term measures and close the incident. We will keep you posted by means of this status page.
5 hours agoThe situation remains stable. However, we remain vigilant to counter any new attempts. Remainder incidents are being treated in close collaboration with the impacted customers with the necessary priority. Belnet customers can contact our Service Desk at 02 790 33 00. We apologize for the inconvenience.
The situation was under control last night, and as of the time of this publication, the status is currently reported as:
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