Ukrainian Forces Successfully Thwart Russian DDoS Attack on War&Sanctions Portal

On April 7, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s Special Operations Command successfully thwarted a cyberattack by Russian special services aimed at disabling the War&Sanctions portal .

The attack involved a large-scale distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) operation, generating more than 56 million requests within just half an hour, or roughly 40,000 requests per second.

The cyberattack utilized over 3,700 virtual machines from more than 10 countries, including Russia and China, with a significant number of requests originating from Russian IP addresses, notably those linked to the Russian Skolkovo Innovation Center .

Despite the scale of the attack, the War&Sanctions portal’s infrastructure remained intact, and no data was lost.

The statement released by the Ukrainian Defense Ministry underlined that Russia did not achieve their goal, in part, “Thanks to the high security standards and professionalism of the HUR  team of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.”

In related news, Mikron, a Russian microelectronics manufacturer and part of the Element Group, is looking to hire a Chinese language instructor.

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