The Federal Customs Service (FCS) announced the restoration of exchanges with participants in foreign economic activity after a DDoS attack against telecommunications operators. Due to the massive attack, it was difficult. Several government websites were also reported to be down.
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The message from the FCS indicates that a DDoS attack was carried out against telecommunications operators until 13:00 Moscow time, exchanges with participants in foreign economic activity were difficult;
Also on Monday, June 3, Roskomnadzor reported the partial inaccessibility of some government websites. The cause of the failures, according to preliminary data, were problems in a section of the backbone communications network.
Thus, loading problems were observed on the websites of the Ministry of Digital Development, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Education and Science, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, as well as on the website of the Ministry of Civil Defense, Emergency Situations and Disaster Relief and the Russian government website.
Earlier it became known about a hacker attack on the systems of the retailer Verny. Last week, logistics operator SDEK faced a global outage, which was also attacked by cybercriminals.
Author:
Natalia Gormaleva
Source: RB
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