Belgium tax agency takes MyMinfin offline after cyberattack
Original title: Belgium's tax agency confirms cyberattack, pulls services offline
FOD Financiën says the attack was stopped within hours without data access, and extends an October 31 filing deadline to November 16.
Belgium's finance and tax agency, FOD Financiën, confirmed a cyberattack and took MyMinfin and other digital services offline while it investigates. Spokesperson Francis Adyns said the attack was stopped within hours, could not reach applications or data, and that potentially infected elements were isolated, also taking Tax-on-web and Biztax offline. The agency says there are no indications of a data breach. Filings due October 31 for sole traders and foreign-company income are extended to November 16.
Unconfirmed: The agency says there is no sign of a data breach, and the investigation is still early.
- MyMinfin, Tax-on-web and Biztax were taken offline after isolation.
- The October 31 filing deadline moves to November 16.
- Adyns told Nieuwsblad the attack did not access applications or data.
- Other applications remain available with full or partial functionality.
Impact: Tax portals taken offline; no data compromise indicated
- Products
- MyMinfinTax-on-webBiztax
- Victims
- FOD Financiën
- Countries
- Belgium
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