Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2022-07-25 00:00:00
Affected organization: Moskovsky Komsomolets
Affected country: Russian Federation
Industry: Information
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Services
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The website of a Moscow-based daily newspaper was targetted by a DDoS attack. According to the technical director of the newspaper, the attack began at around 17:00 on 25 July and conitnued until the next day. According to the technical director, the internet traffic behind the attack was coming from the USA, Japan, and Guatemala.