Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2022-05-12 00:00:00
Affected organization: Ziedot.lv
Affected country: Latvia
Industry: Other Services (except Public Administration)
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Services
Motive: Protest
Actor: Killnet
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: Russian Federation
Description: A Latvian charity, which facilitates donations for Ukraine, was hit by a DDoS attack after it had started to collect donations for the demolition of Victory Park - a Soviet monument. On the same day, a list of around 100 Latvian organizations was posted across Russian websites calling for DDoS attacks.