TRA thwarts Egypt-originated cyber-attacks to damage government sites

Abu Dhabi, July 22, 2013 (WAM) - The Telecommunications Authority (TRA) yesterday said it had successfully thwarted Egypt-originated attempts by cyber-hackers to damage some government electronic sites on Friday. The TRA said its Computer Emergency Response Team (aeCERT) succeeded in neutralising the danger and repairing the limited damage caused by the attack. Mohammed Nasser Al Ghanim, the Director General of TRA, said the Authority, had from the start worked on protecting the targeted sites and at the same time, had worked on tracing the source of danger. TRA contacted the relevant Egyptian authorities in order to coordinate the efforts of the two countries on this matter. "We agreed to provide the Egyptian authorities with a list of IP addresses from which the cyber-infiltration attempts originated," Al Ghanim added, expressing hopes that measures will be taken to stop further attempts and to identify the perpetrators. - Emirates News Agency, WAM