Russian Federation
RUS
Compromised Russian government statistics widget alters and disrupts multiple agency websites
On 8 March 2022, attackers compromised a shared visitor-statistics widget within a Russian government website-monitoring service maintained by the Russian Ministry of Economic Development. Because the external resource was embedded in numerous federal agency websites, it displayed attacker-controlled content and temporarily blocked access to online information services of the Energy Ministry, Federal Penitentiary Service, Federal Bailiff Service, Federal Antimonopoly Service, Federal State Statistics Service and Culture Ministry. The Russian Digital Development Ministry reported that the issue was contained and service restored within an hour.
71
Estimated severity
71 / 100
90
Source reliability
90 / 100
Approximate Date
2022-03-08
Targeted Company
RUSSIAN MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Targeted Company Supply Chain Impact
Distribution & Fulfillment
Procurement & Sourcing
Production & Manufacturing
Sales (Retail & Ecommerce)
Warehousing
Service Delivery
Unrecognized Impact
Supply Chain Relations
RUSSIAN FEDERAL ANTIMONOPOLY SERVICE (IT service provider)RUSSIAN FEDERAL BAILIFF SERVICE (IT service provider)RUSSIAN FEDERAL PENITENTIARY SERVICE (IT service provider)RUSSIAN FEDERAL STATE STATISTICS SERVICE (IT service provider)RUSSIAN MINISTRY OF CULTURE (IT service provider)RUSSIAN MINISTRY OF ENERGY (IT service provider)
Geographic Impact
Country Targeted Company
Other Affected Countries
No other affected countries reported
Target country
Russian Federation
Affected countries
Russian Federation
Impacted regions
No information
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Service degradationService unavailabilitySupply chain data integrity impact
Affected sectors
Government & Public Administration
Affected departments
Information Technology
Attack Profile
Attack types
Data modificationSoftware supply chain compromiseUnauthorized access
Attributed threat actors
No information