The royal web site has been hit by a cyber assault, a royal supply has instructed Sky News. 

The denial of service assault, or DDoS, is when an extra of site visitors is directed to a web site, overwhelming its server and disrupting its functioning.

While the royal web site was on-line on Sunday lunchtime, it gave the impression to be working extra safety checks on customers earlier than permitting them on the positioning.

Earlier on Sunday, the Royal.uk website confirmed an error message and wouldn't let folks entry the web site.

It just isn't recognized who was answerable for the assault, the supply stated, including that it was not a hack and no entry was gained to the web site's techniques or content material.

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Russian hacker group Killnet took accountability for the assault, posting about it on their Telegram channel - nevertheless it has not been confirmed they had been behind it.

Earlier this 12 months, Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden warned companies that Russia-linked cyber assault teams wish to "destroy" the UK.

The major intention of those teams was "to disrupt or destroy", he stated, they usually had been much less prone to present the identical stage of restraint as nationwide actors - making the scenario "particularly concerning".

Content Source: information.sky.com