Russian Federation
RUS
RT news website suffers hours-long DDoS outage
On 24 February 2022, the Russia Today (RT) news website became inaccessible for hours following a DDoS attack, interrupting online distribution of its news content. RT independently acknowledged the attack; accounts claiming to represent Anonymous asserted responsibility, but their role in the incident has not been independently verified.
62
Estimated severity
62 / 100
91
Source reliability
91 / 100
Approximate Date
2022-02-24
Targeted Company
RT
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
Russian Federation
Affected countries
Russian Federation
Impacted regions
No information
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Service unavailability
Affected sectors
Media & Entertainment
Affected departments
Information Technology
Attack Profile
Attack types
Distributed denial of service
Attributed threat actors
No information