Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2022-04-21 00:00:00
Affected organization: Estonian government websites
Affected country: Estonia
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 cyberattacks temporarily disrupted and blocked access to Estonian government websites. Targeted websites included the president's (president.ee), Ministry of Foreign Affairs (vm.ee), Police and Border Guard Board (politsei.ee), digital state services portal (eesti.ee) and ID card information page (id.ee).