Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2019-02-22 00:00:00
Affected organization: Embassy of Russia in Austria
Affected country: Russian Federation
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service
Motive: Sabotage
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: After receiving complaints for the impossibility to book appointments, the Russian embassy in Austria discovers to be the victim of a DDoS attack via automated requests made by IP addresses from Iraq, Thailand, Indonesia and other countries.