Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2022-11-01 00:00:00
Affected organization: US Department of the Treasury
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Services
Motive: Protest
Actor: Killnet
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: Russian Federation
Description: The cybersecurity counselor to the Deputy of the U.S. department managing federal finances announced that they have thwarted a Killnet DDoS attack.