A secure democratic Net is a fundamental right

‘Het is de eerste keer dat onze site wordt aangevallen door hackers', zegt woordvoerster Annemie Wittesaele van de politie Kouter. ‘Ik heb geen idee wat de bedoeling was. Er is geen schade aangericht. De site voldoet aan de voorschriften die de federale politie oplegt. De hackers zijn enkel binnen geraakt in de publieke site. Daar valt geen vertrouwelijke informatie te rapen. In ons eigen netwerk, waarop de processen-verbaal staan, zijn ze niet geraakt.'
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The person who was interviewed said that she didn't know how it happened but she assured that no confidential information was lost. She said that the website was made according the security rules of the federal technical norms for all local policeforces.

Okay, some questions here

1. Did the FCCU make a report and do the analysis and correct the situation and take all necessary precautions ? Did the websites of the police that have the same characteristics (server, OS) get a warning that their systems will also be under attack ?

2. Wouldn't it be better if all these police websites would be under one umbrella like police.be or politie.be with subdomains for each city example (Gent.politie.be, liege.police.be, .....) so that the monitoring, defense and backup services could be centralised and wouldn't depend on the capacities and budgets of each policeforce or policezone.

And this could be the question for many institutions and organisations. It would also be much cheapier, surely in ROI.