Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2022-03-23 00:00:00
Affected organization: Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs
Affected country: Russian Federation
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Message Manipulation
Motive: Protest
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: A number of web pages belonging to public authorities were subjected to DDoS attacks. The attacks compromised equipment and networks, by exploiting security vulnerabilities and enrolling them in a botnet network.