Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2022-06-30 00:00:00
Affected organization: Colombian stock exchange
Affected country: Colombia
Industry: Finance and Insurance
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Services
Motive: Protest
Actor: Killnet
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: Russian Federation
Description: Killnet claims to have conducted a DDoS attack against the website of the Colombian stock exchange. A day before the DDoS attack, KillNet posted a news article reporting that the Colombian government decided to officially send military engineers to support Ukraine's army. Killnet posted the article with the words "Why are you doing so, Colombia?".