Dana Malcolm
Staff Writer
#UnitedKingdom, October 4, 2023 – The British Royal Family was the victim of a cyber attack on Sunday which shut down their official site: Royals.UK for over an hour according to a source speaking with ABC News.
The attack didn’t get access to sensitive information, instead, it was a distributed denial-of-service DDoS attack that attempts to overload the servers with too many requests to access, ‘crashing’ the site for legitimate users.
The website is where the Royal Family disseminates its news and official announcements including the deaths of its members. When Magnetic Media checked on Monday the site was up and running smoothly but there was no press release discussing the attack.
Russian hackers have claimed responsibility for the attack. It came just over a week after King Charles decried Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, during a first-ever speech at the French parliament.
“Together, we stand with the Ukrainian people in resolute solidarity. Together, we are unwavering in our determination that Ukraine will triumph and that our cherished freedoms will prevail,” he said
The Royal Family has not commented on the incident.
