DigiD outage resolved after an hour, cause still unclear
Logius reports that DigiD and DigiD Machtigen were fully available again on Friday afternoon.
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DigiD and DigiD Machtigen were unavailable for about an hour on Friday afternoon. According to Logius, the outage began at 13:22 and the service was restored at 14:20.
Logius reported the outage on its official status page. The organisation now describes the service as fully available again and posted its latest update at 14:49.
The outage affected both DigiD and DigiD Machtigen. As a result, users may temporarily have experienced problems logging in to government services or authorising someone else.
RTL Nieuws, AD and De Telegraaf reported that the outage may have been caused by a DDoS attack. Logius does not confirm that cause in its public status report.
A DDoS attack floods an online service with large quantities of traffic, making it difficult for users to gain access. Based on the available official information, it cannot be established whether that did indeed happen here.
The sources consulted contain no report of a data breach or personal data being leaked. According to Logius, the outage has been resolved.
One story, several perspectives
What is established
- DigiD and DigiD Machtigen were unavailable for about an hour on Friday afternoon.
- Logius reports that the services have been fully restored.
- The cause was not stated in the official outage report.
Left
Arguments The outage shows that digital government services are public basic infrastructure and deserve structurally more protection and redundancy.
Values Accessibility, public responsibility and digital equality.
Consequences Greater government investment could limit outages, but would also entail higher public spending.
Centre
Arguments The first priority is transparent information, independent evaluation and proportionate improvements to security based on the established cause.
Values Reliability, feasibility and accountability.
Consequences A targeted evaluation prevents both false confidence and unnecessarily costly measures.
Right
Arguments The government must demonstrably ensure that essential services remain available, and ministers must be held accountable for failing security.
Values Responsibility, continuity and efficiency.
Consequences Stricter standards and clear lines of accountability could increase trust, but must not slow down service provision.
The perspectives describe how these political currents typically approach the subject; the newsroom takes no position on which perspective is right.
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The outage and the restoration time were directly confirmed by Logius. The DDoS cause was not presented as fact because no current official confirmation was available.
- confirmed DigiD and DigiD Machtigen were temporarily unavailable on 30 October. — Logius records an outage from 13:22 to 14:20. source
- confirmed The services were fully available again at 14:20. — This is stated on Logius's status page. source
- uncertain The outage was caused by a DDoS attack. — This cause appeared in several new headlines, but not in the current Logius report consulted. source
Editor's note
The outage and its start and end times have been officially confirmed. The stated DDoS cause appeared in the new headlines, but could not be confirmed by a current public primary source.Sources
- Storingen en onderhoud — Logius
- DDoS-aanval zorgt voor grote storing bij online diensten DigiD — RTL Nieuws
More on this in Dutch media
- NRC — „digid logius”
- NU.nl — „digid logius”
- De Telegraaf — „digid logius”