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Belgium FPS Finance: cyberattack takes MyMinfin tax portal offline before filing deadline
FPS Finance took MyMinfin and other services offline as a precaution after a cyberattack announced on 28 Oct.
- Disclosed
What happened
- FPS Finance took MyMinfin and other services offline as a precaution after a cyberattack announced on 28 Oct. It said: “Currently, there is no indication that a data breach has occurred or that any data has been stolen”, while the review continues.
- Initial access: not disclosed. Earlier in October FPS Finance had pulled several sites offline during the PHP2Shell alert; authorities have not linked the two.
- Attribution: none.
- Response: filing deadlines due around 31 Oct extended (later reports give 16 Nov).
Sources
- https://therecord.media/cyberattack-disrupts-belgian-tax-services-before-deadline
- https://www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/2381839/belgian-finance-ministry-hit-by-cyberattack-myminfin-and-other-services-offline
- https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/28/belgiums-finance-and-tax-agency-hit-by-cyberattack
- https://www.dhnet.be/dernieres-depeches/2026/10/28/les-services-numeriques-du-spf-finances-vises-par-une-cyberattaque-AYALQGTIR5HG3B76SVTAIQQKEE/
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