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DDoS attack temporarily blocks Moskovsky Komsomolets online newspaper

A DDoS attack began against Russian newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets' MK.ru website around 17:00 on July 25, 2022. From approximately 19:00, the online news site became partially unavailable to readers for several hours. The publisher's technical team restored access, with further attempted attacks continuing on July 26. The material effect was temporary interruption of digital news delivery, not confirmed print-production disruption.

65

Estimated severity

65 / 100

91

Source reliability

91 / 100

Approximate Date

2022-07-25

Targeted Company

MOSKOVSKY KOMSOMOLETS

Targeted Company Supply Chain Impact

  1. Distribution & Fulfillment

  2. Procurement & Sourcing

  3. Production & Manufacturing

  4. Sales (Retail & Ecommerce)

  5. Warehousing

  6. Service Delivery

  7. Unrecognized Impact

Supply Chain Relations

No information

Geographic Impact

Country Targeted Company

Russian Federation

RUS

Other Affected Countries

No other affected countries reported

Target country

Russian Federation

Affected countries

Russian Federation

Impacted regions

Moscow · Russian Federation

Operational Impact

Duration

No information

Financial impact (USD M)

No information

Impact types

Service degradationService unavailability

Affected sectors

Media & Entertainment

Affected departments

Information Technology

Attack Profile

Attack types

Distributed denial of service

Attributed threat actors

No information

Sources

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