Russian defence ministry website taken down by cyberattack
16 July 2021 - 11:29
By Reuters
Image: 123RF/welcomia/ File photo A DDoS attack is a cyber attack in which hackers attempt to flood a network with unusually high volumes of data traffic in order to paralyse it.
The Russian defence ministry's website was unavailable on Friday after the state TASS news agency reported it had been hit by a distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.
A DDoS attack is a cyber attack in which hackers attempt to flood a network with unusually high volumes of data traffic to paralyse it.
There was no immediate comment from the defence ministry.
