14 DAY TRIAL // The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) says it has thwarted a series of cyberattacks against government websites.
The attacks, launched on the evening of July 19, 2013, were neutralized by the country’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) before too much damage was caused.
“From the first moment of the attack, our approach was twofold, first to defend the websites that have been targeted, and the second is to identify the attack’s source,” commented H.E. Mohamed Nasser Al Ghanim, director general of the TRA.
The TRA official says the attacks have been traced back to Egypt.
“We confirmed that the attempts started in Egypt and acting accordingly, we contacted the concerned authorities in Egypt to coordinate our efforts on this matter. We agreed to provide the Egyptian authorities with a list of IPs which started the attack and we hope the necessary measures will be taken to stop such activity and identify those responsible.”
It’s worth noting that, around the same time, hackers managed to deface several domains of the UAE’s National Transport Authority.