DigiD was available for a few hours on Monday evening due to a malfunction. The website was plagued with ddos attacks. As a result, many users were unable to access various government websites. At the end of the evening the problem was solved and everyone was able to access again.
In a ddos attack, a large amount of traffic is sent from several computers to a server. Because the server cannot handle so much traffic at the same time, the services running on that server crash.
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According to Logius, the hiatus began at 6:42 pm. Logius is an agency of the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. The service provider is responsible, inter alia, for the availability, operation and safety of DigiD.
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DigiD wasn’t completely out on Monday night. “You may not be able to log in now, but the website will work if you try again in ten minutes,” the spokesperson said.
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A map from AlleStorigen.nl showed that access problems were widespread across the country. Many people have also reported on Twitter that they are having trouble logging in via DigiD.
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