Russian Railways Website Suffers DoDDS Cyberattacks

October 2, 2023

INCIDENT

The Russian Railways website has suffered serious cyber attacks. The portal may experience disruptions, the company’s press service warned about this on February 26. “Our website is subject to regular, serious DDoS attacks. <…> The official mobile application of Russian Railways works normally. We are also increasing the number of operating ticket offices at stations so that all our passengers have the opportunity to buy tickets,” says a message published by Russian Railways on Telegram.

Incident Date

February 26, 2023

Location

Russia

Estimated Cost

additional ticket offices opened up at stations

Type of Malware

No Malware identified

Threat Source

No threat source identified