Cybersecurity incident — 2014-05-22 00:00:00
Affected organization: Ukrainian Election Commission
Affected country: Ukraine
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Mixed
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server,Message Manipulation,External Denial of Service,Data Attack
Motive: Sabotage
Actor: CyberBerkut
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: Ukraine

The official website of Ukraine's election commission (cvk.gov) is targeted by a massive DDoSÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆÃ¢â¬Â 'ÃÆÃ'ÃÂ¢Ã¢'Â¬ÃÂ ''ÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆÃ¢â¬Â ''ÃÆÃ'Ãâ ''ÃÆÃ''ÃÆ'Ã'ÃÂ attack on the eve of country's presidential polls. The pro-Russian CyberBerkut collective claims responsibility for the attack.