Security News > 2022 > March > Russian defense firm Rostec shuts down website after DDoS attack
Rostec, a Russian state-owned aerospace and defense conglomerate, said its website was taken down today following what it described as a "Cyberattack."
Rostec claims the website was brought back online quickly and attributed the attack to Ukrainian "Radicals."
"We had to briefly close the website. The attack has been repelled, and now the website is functioning again and all information about the corporation is available in full," Rostec told Interfax.
The Ukrainians mentioned by Rostec as having coordinated the attack are part of the country's newly formed IT Army, a large group of volunteers that have been targeting Russian state networks and organizations since Russia's invasion.
Today's takedown of the Rostec website comes after the Russian government shared a list of over 17,000 IP addresses it said were used in DDoS attacks targeting Russian networks.
On Wednesday, the Russian Digital Development Ministry said that the sites of multiple federal agencies, including the Energy Ministry and the Federal State Statistics Service, were hacked in a supply chain attack and defaced.
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