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Russians Target Their Own Internet Watchdog: Roskomnadzor Site Crashes After Massive DDoS
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Russia’s communications watchdog Roskomnadzor said a cyber attack disrupted access to its online resources, with the attacking servers and botnets mostly in Russia, according to Forbes Russia on February 27.
The agency reported the attack also targeted Russian Defense Ministry resources and infrastructure at the state-run Main Radio Frequency Center.
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Roskomnadzor described it as a complex, multi-vector attack across different network layers. It said attacking servers and botnets were mostly operating from in Russia.
It also cited the United States, China, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands.
Roskomnadzor said specialists separated malicious traffic and routed it to scrubbing servers. It said resource availability was restored.
It concluded that work continued to localize the sources and locations of botnets.
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Roskomnadzor is Russia’s federal service overseeing communications, information technology, and mass media.
It can order internet providers to restrict access to websites and services as part of Russia’s online blocking system.
Human Rights Watch has described Roskomnadzor’s tools as enabling non-transparent blocking and broader state censorship that narrows space for online expression.
Earlier, it was reported that a large-scale DDoS operation disrupted Russia’s online voting infrastructure and related state digital services, with Roskomnadzor acknowledging connectivity degradation tied to a major telecom network failure.
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