Pres Confirms Cyberattack After Russia Terrorism Vote

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola states that the European Parliament website has been subjected to a cyberattack: "The European Parliament is under a sophisticated cyberattack. A pro-Kremlin group has claimed responsibility. Our IT experts are pushing back against it & protecting our systems. This, after we proclaimed Russia as a State-sponsor of terrorism. My response: Slava Ukraini"

• Earlier today, MEPs voted by a large margin to label Russia a state sponsor of terrorism (see 1131GMT bullet).
• Cyberattacks on networks and infrastructure from pro-Kremlin groups remain a threat to stability and security in the EU. It should be noted that the distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack like that seen today are viewed as relatively low-level attacks aimed at political decisions taken by Ukraine's allies, rather than full attempts to bring down infrastructure or gain access to gov't security information.