Cybersecurity incident — 2022-05-01 00:00:00
Affected organization: Government Agencies of Moldova
Affected country: Moldova (the Republic of)
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Services
Motive: Protest
Actor: Killnet
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: Russian Federation

A number of web pages belonging to public authorities were subjected to DDoS attacks. The attacks compromise equipment and networks, by exploiting security vulnerabilities and enrolling them in botnet network.