Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2022-08-16 00:00:00
Affected organization: Russian news agencies
Affected country: Russian Federation
Industry: Information
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Services
Motive: Protest
Actor: Cyber Palyanitsa
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: Ukraine
Description: The Ukrainian-affiliated collective Cyber Palyanitsa claims to have conducted a DDoS attack against the servers of a Russian news agency.