Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2022-12-01 00:00:00
Affected organization: VTB Bank
Affected country: Russian Federation
Industry: Finance and Insurance
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Services
Motive: Protest
Actor: IT Army of Ukraine
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: Ukraine
Description: Russia's second-largest financial institution VTB Bank says it is facing the worse cyberattack in its history after its website and mobile apps were taken offline due to an ongoing DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack.