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Forbes Russia website hack replaces news homepage with unauthorized message

On 28 February 2022, Forbes Russia said its website homepage was replaced by an unauthorized anti-war message during a cyberattack. This substitution obstructed normal access to the magazine’s online editorial content until recovery. The duration and any newsroom-system impact beyond the website have not been verified.

59

Estimated severity

59 / 100

89

Source reliability

89 / 100

Approximate Date

2022-02-28

Targeted Company

FORBES RUSSIA

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

No information

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

Data modificationUnauthorized access

Attributed threat actors

No information

Sources

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