Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2022-05-13 00:00:00
Affected organization: Latvian government websites
Affected country: Latvia
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Services
Motive: Protest
Actor: Killnet
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: Russian Federation
Description: DDoS attacks on over 70 Latvian government websites were allegedly repelled. The pro-Russian collective KillNet had earlier shared a list of 100 Latvian organiaztions across its Telegram channel.