.Cyprus stated Sunday that it has efficiently prevented a digital spell aimed at blocking access to the federal government's main online website, the latest in a string of comparable spells over a three-day period against state-run electricals and the Cypriot subsidiary of a Greek electricity business.Cyprus' Replacement Ministry of Research, Advancement and also Digital Policy stated in a declaration that "a quick and also collaborated response" by authorizations foiled the attack, whose reason was actually only to stop accessibility to details authorities web sites.The distributed denial-of-service spell, or DDoS, only had an effect on the main government portal gov.cy "for a handful of minutes" which nothing else on the web authorities ministry or even solution web site was actually impacted.The deputy administrative agency failed to mention that was behind the assaults or even what the possible motive might have been.Sunday's attack came after Cyprus' electricity and also telecom authorizations, in addition to the driver of the island nation's pair of flight terminals, Hermes and also gas company EKO Cyprus Ltd., were targeted on Friday as well as Saturday.Officials told the Cyprus News Agency that all those assaults had actually also fallen short which no client information had been actually leaked or jeopardized.Connected: US-Built Facility in Cyprus to Deal Location Protection Instruction.