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| RT’s parent organization targeted by hackers | RT’s parent organization targeted by hackers |
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| A major cyberattack was launched on Thursday on the Rossiya Segodnya media holding | A major cyberattack was launched on Thursday on the Rossiya Segodnya media holding |
| Rossiya Segodnya withstood a major cyberattack on Thursday, the technical service of RT’s parent organization has said. | Rossiya Segodnya withstood a major cyberattack on Thursday, the technical service of RT’s parent organization has said. |
| Resources associated with RIA Novosti news agency and Sputnik International were targeted, among others, according to a statement. The attack used approximately 1 million bots and was directed through IP addresses registered in Asia and Latin America. | Resources associated with RIA Novosti news agency and Sputnik International were targeted, among others, according to a statement. The attack used approximately 1 million bots and was directed through IP addresses registered in Asia and Latin America. |
| The attempt to overwhelm the Russian media network’s infrastructure started at around 11:00am Moscow time. At its peak, cybersecurity specialists blocked 720,000 IP addresses by sending malign requests to Rossiya Segodnya servers. | The attempt to overwhelm the Russian media network’s infrastructure started at around 11:00am Moscow time. At its peak, cybersecurity specialists blocked 720,000 IP addresses by sending malign requests to Rossiya Segodnya servers. |
| Russian Public broadcaster VGTRK was hit by a similar cyber attack on Monday; some of its work was reportedly disrupted as a result. | |
| The most recent distributed denial of service attack on Rossiya Segodnya took place in 2022, according to RIA Novosti. | The most recent distributed denial of service attack on Rossiya Segodnya took place in 2022, according to RIA Novosti. |