Record-Breaking Year for DDoS Attacks Targeting Russia

The latter actively used DDoS and web attacks to make online resources inaccessible to users, thus disrupting the work of companies and organizations and sowing panic in society,” Rostelecom said. The ISP said it analyzed data on almost 600 companies from industries including telecoms, retail, finance and the public sector, and recorded 21.5 million web attacks in total. However, after a sharp spike in attacks in the first two quarters of the year following the invasion of Ukraine, attacks apparently became more targeted and sophisticated.