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Pro-Russia Group Claims DDoS Attacks on Danish Party Sites on Eve of Local Elections

Danish cyber and civil protection authorities say the outages reflect a surge in DDoS activity they are tracking closely before Tuesday’s municipal and regional vote.

Overview

  • Websites for several parties, including the Social Democrats, Conservatives and Red–Green Alliance, were intermittently unreachable, and the Parliament’s online presence also experienced disruption.
  • The hacker collective NoName057(16) claimed responsibility and listed political sites, public broadcaster DR and Energi Danmark among its targets.
  • Copenhagen Post reported a “502 – Bad Gateway” error and relayed that Denmark’s defense intelligence assessed a likely DDoS attack on its site.
  • DR said it had not recorded any incident that affected its ability to operate normally, tempering claims of broader media impact.
  • Denmark’s Agency for Security of Society confirmed multiple party sites were hit by DDoS attacks, noting a rising tempo of such incidents after a similar wave against municipalities and government pages last week.