Lithuania: Diena Media News sites hit by cyber attack

  • 2017-04-27
  • BNS/TBT Staff

KAUNAS - The Kauno.diena.lt, Klaipeda.diena.lt and Diena.lt news sites were the target of a cyber attack on Tuesday.

The websites began to experience disruptions at around 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday due to a denial of service attack (DDoS). The situation was stabilized, but a second attack started shortly, Diena Media News director Tadas Sirvinskas told BNS.

The websites functioned normally later that evening and no new attacks were recorded on Wednesday.

The Delfi.lt, 15min.lt, Lzinios.lt news sites came under similar attacks recently.

The Criminal Police Bureau has opened a pre-trial investigation after BNS Lithuania's system was hacked on Apr. 12 to post a fake news article about US troops in Latvia.