Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2017-01-25 00:00:00
Affected organization: Dr. Web
Affected country: Russian Federation
Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: In the past week, two security firms, Dr.Web and Emsisoft, suffered DDoS attacks at the hands of cyber-criminals who attempted to bring down their websites as payback for meddling with their illegal activities.