Kyle Fendorf, Jessie Miller, CFR
Feb 15, 2022
Russia launched a series of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against Ukrainian websites in early February.
Russia launched a series of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against Ukrainian websites in early February. The attacks targeted Ukrainian banking and defense websites, and were reportedly launched by the Russian military intelligence agency, GRU. The attacks came as tensions heightened between Ukraine and Russia.
Russia has continued to launch DDoS attacks intermittently, and, in the first week of March, Russian groups were found using DanaBot, a malware-as-a-service platform, to launch DDoS attacks against Ukrainian defense ministry websites. It is unclear who these groups are and whether they are connected to the Russian government.