GR and EL domains: Attack to the Greek Internet Name Registry

The Registry of domain names with the suffix [.gr] and [.el] was attacked and the service just sent a notice to all interested parties.
Below we quote the announcement of the attack as we received it via email.

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The Registry of domain names ending in [.gr] and [.ελ] suffered an attack against its information systems. This attack is part of a more general attempt, at an international level, to negatively affect the of the Registers of names . They did not emerge from the investigation of the incident for personal data.

In the context of the effort of the Registry of Domain Names ending in [.gr] and [.ελ] to ensure the integrity of its data, as well as to protect the beneficiaries of online names, it proceeded with immediate of the authorization codes of domain names [.gr] and [.el].

In addition, as a precautionary measure, but also more generally for the convenience of the beneficiaries, we inform you that the process of changing the authorization codes of the domain names [.gr] and [.el] will be modified soon.

If you wish to announce the new password or change it, you can contact your registrar.

At the moment we don't know more as the Greek Domain Name Registry chose to leave us in the dark. We will monitor the matter and update you on anything new that arises.

However, according to the announcement, there does not seem to be any evidence of any leakage of personal data.

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