.Cyprus stated Sunday that it has actually properly warded off an electronic attack aimed at blocking accessibility to the government's core online gateway, the latest in a cord of identical attacks over a three-day time period against state-run energies as well as the Cypriot subsidiary of a Greek power firm.Cyprus' Deputy Department of Research Study, Development and also Digital Policy pointed out in a declaration that "a quick and worked with reaction" by authorities foiled the attack, whose objective was actually only to prevent accessibility to specific government internet sites.The dispersed denial-of-service spell, or even DDoS, just impacted the major federal government portal gov.cy "for a couple of moments" and also no other on the internet federal government administrative agency or solution web site was actually impacted.The representant administrative agency didn't say that was behind the attacks or even what the feasible intention might possess been actually.Sunday's assault came after Cyprus' power and also telecommunications authorities, and also the operator of the island country's 2 flight terminals, Hermes as well as energy business EKO Cyprus Ltd., were actually targeted on Friday and Saturday.Officials said to the Cyprus News organisation that all those attacks had also stopped working and also no customer relevant information had actually been actually leaked or even weakened.Related: US-Built Center in Cyprus to Provide Location Safety And Security Instruction.