{"id":560,"date":"2025-01-24T20:33:28","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T21:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/?p=560"},"modified":"2025-01-24T22:25:52","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T22:25:52","slug":"eu-states-pm-links-massive-cyberattack-to-foreign-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/24\/eu-states-pm-links-massive-cyberattack-to-foreign-forces\/","title":{"rendered":"EU state\u2019s PM links massive cyberattack to \u2018foreign\u2019 forces"},"content":{"rendered":"

The incident looks like a \u201ctextbook example\u201d of a scheme used to punish dissenting governments in the West, Slovakia\u2019s Robert Fico has claimed<\/strong><\/p>\n

A massive cyberattack targeting Slovakia\u2019s state General Health Insurance Company (VSZP) was orchestrated by foreign forces that were also active in Ukraine during the 2014 Maidan coup, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Foco has claimed.<\/p>\n

Speaking at a joint news conference with the country\u2019s Health Minister Kamil Sasko on Friday, Fico claimed the operation sought to paralyze the nation\u2019s healthcare system.<\/p>\n

The attack involved a \u201chuge number of attempts to obtain sensitive information from the VSZP,\u201d<\/em> including patients\u2019 personal data, the prime minister said. If successful, it could disrupt the operation of the healthcare system on a nationwide scale, he warned. Administration of drugs to cancer and cardiology patients could be affected, according to Slovak media reports.<\/p>\n

Sasko stated that the VSZP was able to withstand the attack, which began on Friday afternoon, adding that both the insurance firm and the National Health Information Centre (NCZI) were \u201cin crisis mode\u201d<\/em> and being closely monitored by the authorities.<\/p>\n

\n Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n \"FILE
EU state\u2019s PM warns of new \u2018Maidan\u2019<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Fico branded the incident a \u201ctextbook example\u201d<\/em> of a scheme used to punish a \u201cdisobedient government that has a different view on some things.\u201d<\/em> The prime minister has long been a staunch critic of the EU\u2019s approach to the Ukraine conflict.<\/p>\n

Fico has also refused to provide arms to Kiev and called for the conflict with Russia to be resolved through negotiations instead.<\/p>\n

The prime minister has also called for dialogue with Russia and pledged to attend the 80th anniversary WWII Victory Day celebrations in Moscow this year, expressing his commitment to honoring the sacrifices of the Red Army and the Soviet people in defeating Axis powers.<\/p>\n

\n Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n \"Slovakian
Foreign \u2018experts\u2019 plotting coup \u2013 Slovakia\u2019s Fico<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Most recently, Fico clashed with Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky over Kiev\u2019s refusal to extend a natural gas transit agreement with Russia after it expired late last year.<\/p>\n

Fico linked the Friday attack to a similar incident targeting the national information system of the Geodesy, Cartography and Cadaster Office, which faced a significant cyberattack last week. A few days after the incident, the nation\u2019s interior ministry suggested that it could have been orchestrated from Ukraine, a Slovak \u2018Pravda\u2019 news media outlet reported.<\/p>\n

The group involved in both attacks was also active in Georgia and in Ukraine, particularly during the 2014 Maidan coup, the prime minister claimed.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, Fico warned about a group of operatives supposedly plotting a coup in Slovakia. Citing a confidential report compiled by the Slovak Information Service (SIS) intelligence agency, Fico said that the group was \u201cstrictly monitored.\u201d<\/em> The country\u2019s opposition has dismissed the report as a compilation of \u201cconspiracy theories.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The incident looks like a \u201ctextbook example\u201d of a scheme used to punish dissenting governments in the West, Slovakia\u2019s Robert Fico has claimed A massive cyberattack targeting Slovakia\u2019s state General Health Insurance Company (VSZP) was orchestrated by foreign forces that were also active in Ukraine during the 2014 Maidan coup, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Foco…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":565,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560\/revisions\/565"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}