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Politics

Slovak parliament suspends voting due to suspected cyberattack

A general view of the Slovak Parliament in Bratislava, Slovakia, January 26, 2016. REUTERS/David W Cerny

The Slovak parliament suspended its session on Thursday after a suspected cyberattack brought down its IT systems, parliament speaker Boris Kollar said.

"We have identified a cyber security incident... There is a signal coming from some point which jams our systems, computers, we cannot even serve the lawmakers in our cafeteria," Kollar told reporters in a televised briefing.

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