The website of the Russian National Guard was the target of a widespread cyber attack that lasted three hours.
According to a report released by Sputnik, news sources today reported a widespread cyber attack against the Russian National Guard website.
The Russian National Guard website rosguard.gov.ru was the target of a widespread cyber attack that lasted three hours.
The website of the Russian National Guard stated in a statement: “The sources of the attack were abroad. »
“This is not the first attempt at a cyber attack against the National Guard website from abroad, the previous attacks on January 23 and 31 have been repulsed,” the statement said.
The Russian National Guard said the threat came from several European countries, but all attempts to disrupt the site had failed.
On January 18, the FSIN suffered a cyber attack. According to reports, the sources of the attack were in China, the United States, Turkey, South Africa, Indonesia, Vietnam, Taiwan, Pakistan, Thailand, Germany, Japan, France, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, Canada and India.
Earlier in 2017, the official website of the Federal Service of Troops of the Russian National Guard was the target of a computer attack. A DDoS-type attack, usually launched to prevent the use of an Internet service, involves bombarding the target server with requests so that it is overwhelmed by them.
Against the backdrop of allegations by the United States regarding Russia’s alleged role in recent cyber attacks on U.S. networks, the Russian National Computer Incident Coordination Center, a branch of the FSB, issued an alert to public and private organizations in Russia just ten days ago to warn them of a possible cyber attack.
by Xavier Cuesta – European Correspondent – EuroNews