Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2022-05-02 00:00:00
Affected organization: Government Agencies of Germany
Affected country: Germany
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Services
Motive: Protest
Actor: Killnet
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: Russian Federation
Description: Over several days, the websites of German authorities and ministries have been targeted in a series of DDoS attacks. the targets included the Ministry of Defence, the Bundestag, the Federal Police and several state police authorities.