Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2022-10-05 00:00:00
Affected organization: Kentucky State Government
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service
Motive: Protest
Actor: Killnet
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: Russian Federation
Description: Russian-speaking hackers from the KillNet collective claim responsibility for knocking offline state government websites in Colorado, Kentucky and Mississippi, among other states