The outage affecting DigiD, which prevented logins for most of yesterday afternoon, was due to a major DDoS attack, according to Logius, the government agency managing DigiD. A spokesperson stated that while the system is typically resilient against such attacks, the scale and scope of this incident temporarily disrupted multiple Logius services.
The responsible party behind the attack is still unknown, and Logius is conducting an investigation. The attack targeted multiple facilities simultaneously, with an “exceptionally high” volume.
During a DDoS attack, servers are overwhelmed with data, obstructing normal internet traffic, which caused the DigiD login issues. The issue was resolved by early evening.
Source: NOS