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Belgium's tax agency confirms cyberattack and takes services offline

Status
Unverified: only social posts report this so far
Kind
Security outage
Vendor
Belgian tax agency
First seen

Summary

The Register reports that Belgium's tax agency confirmed a cyberattack and pulled its services offline. Officials said this week's tax deadlines were extended to November as a result.

If you use Belgian tax agency

Check tax deadlines and notices only through official Belgian government channels

Expect delays to online tax services until the agency restores them

Be wary of phishing messages that use the outage or deadline changes as a lure

What the sources say 1

· Mastodon: “Belgium's tax agency confirms cyberattack, pulls services offline” Source