Lenta.ru - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Lenta.ru, News website

Incident date: February 25, 2022

Attack type:

Cyber-, DDoS, and hacker attack on a media outlet

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

A massive DDoS attack on Lenta.ru's server was recorded by Rambler&Co technicians. The problems with access to the resources began at 2 PM and peaked by 4 PM Moscow time . The quality work of the technical teams did not allow resources to be completely disrupted, but they experienced problems with access (error 502).

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