"War and Geopolitical Conflict: The New Battleground for DDoS Attacks"

As Russian ground soldiers prepared to enter Ukraine in February 2021, Ukrainian government agencies, online media companies, banking institutions, and hosting providers were bombarded with Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. The use of DDoS attacks to achieve geopolitical advantage is not new, but the increasing frequency of these operations is significant. According to Netscout's most recent "DDoS Threat Intelligence Report," there were over 6 million DDoS attacks in the first half of 2022, the majority of which were connected to national or regional conflicts. In April 2022, the frequency of DDoS attacks against Ukraine stabilized, but cyberattacks against Ukraine's perceived allies increased. This is likely due to the migration of Ukrainian Internet properties to countries such as Ireland, since the instability of the intra-Ukrainian Internet drove numerous network parts to rely on connectivity in other nations. Internet-wide echoes of this conflict continue to reverberate. India suffered a considerable rise in DDoS attacks in March 2022 as a result of its abstentions from UN Security Council and General Assembly votes denouncing Russian actions in Ukraine. Similarly, Belize saw its biggest number of DDoS attacks during the first half of the year on the same day that it issued public declarations in favor of Ukraine. Finland, a neighboring neighbor of Russia, reported a 258 percent rise in DDoS attacks year-over-year, together with its declaration to apply for NATO membership. This article continues to discuss the growth in DDoS stemming from war and geopolitical as well as the need for organizations to implement organized DDoS defenses.

Dark Reading reports "War and Geopolitical Conflict: The New Battleground for DDoS Attacks"