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Russia Says 'Unprecedented' Cyberattack Hits Foreign Ministry Amid BICS Summit


The Russian Foreign Ministry says it had been targeted by a large-scale distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS). "A massive cyberattack from abroad began this morning on the infrastructure of the official website, the Russian Foreign Ministry's portal," said spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. She note...

The Russian Foreign Ministry says it had been targeted by a large-scale distributed denial-of-service attack(DDoS). "A massive cyberattack from abroad began this morning on the infrastructure of the official website, the Russian Foreign Ministry's portal," said spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. Reuters notes that the attack coincided with the major BRICS summit taking place in the country.

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