“We only know that it was a hacker attack from outside,” emphasized Dompfarrer Toni Faber on Thursday when asked by APA. So far, no one has claimed responsibility for the illegal intrusion into the online control of the bells. According to Faber, the Archdiocese of Vienna has not yet filed a complaint against unknown perpetrators.
“We’re waiting to see if the bell company’s IT experts can find out anything,” said the cathedral priest. Meanwhile, the control system was taken offline. “A disruption is no longer possible,” explained Faber. The tinkling, which started at 2.11 a.m. on Wednesday night and lasted around 20 minutes, did not lead to complaints to the church, but caused great excitement, unsettled many people and triggered fears, reported the pastor of St. Stephen’s Cathedral. Until another background is determined, he hopes that someone “deliberately wanted to stir things up in a positive way,” said Faber, for example to point out the war in Ukraine.
Source: Nachrichten
