United States
USA
Sustained DDoS attacks degrade the Tor network and onion services
Beginning by June 2022, waves of denial-of-service attacks overloaded the Tor network and caused intermittent severe slowdowns, preventing users from loading sites or accessing onion services at times. Tor Project publicly detailed the operational impact in February 2023.
84
Estimated severity
84 / 100
96
Source reliability
96 / 100
Approximate Date
2022-06-09
Targeted Company
TOR PROJECT
Targeted Company Supply Chain Impact
Distribution & Fulfillment
Procurement & Sourcing
Production & Manufacturing
Sales (Retail & Ecommerce)
Warehousing
Service Delivery
Unrecognized Impact
Supply Chain Relations
No information
Geographic Impact
Country Targeted Company
Other Affected Countries
No other affected countries reported
Target country
United States
Affected countries
United States
Impacted regions
No information
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Service degradationService unavailability
Affected sectors
Technology & IT ServicesTelecommunications
Affected departments
Information Technology
Attack Profile
Attack types
Distributed denial of service
Attributed threat actors
No information