Date of report
- February 2021
Affiliations
- Russian government
Russian threat actors targeted vulnerable web servers of multiple Ukrainian security and defense organizations with a virus that added them to a botnet used to carry out distributed denial of service attacks.
Suspected victims
- Security Service of Ukraine and other government websites
Suspected state sponsor
- Russian Federation
Type of incident
- Denial of service
Target category
- Government
Victim government reaction
- Yes
Policy response