Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2022-11-08 00:00:00
Affected organization: Several Mississippi state websites
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service
Motive: Protest
Actor: Russian Cyber Army
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: Russian Federation
Description: Several Mississippi state websites are knocked offline during midterm election. A Pro-Russian group claims responsibility for the attack.