While Buckingham Palace insiders claim that it is impossible to determine who was behind the attack at this time, the pro-Kremlin group Killnet has taken responsibility for it in a message posted on the social media site Telegram. The ‘Five Eye Alliance’ (an intelligence alliance made up of the UK, the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand) has previously identified the group as a significant cyber-security threat, and the US Department of Health has previously noted that Killnet has made a number of threats to organizations, including the NHS.
Thankfully, the DoS attack on the royal family website only caused service disruption. No privileged information was accessed, and no control over the website was obtained. These kinds of attacks tend to be more disruptive than damaging, but they can still bring down websites, which can be disastrous in some circumstances.
However, this was not the first the royal family had suffered a cyberattack. The website was also taken down in November 2022 by Killnet, and the Met Police foiled a cyber plot to interrupt the royal wedding of the current Prince and Prin
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