A worldwide list of DDoS attacks that took place during the month of July 2021
Date of attack | Country | Industry | Downtime | Company Affected | Size of Company | Attack Details | Press Link |
July 27 | UK | Media | NA | Infosecurity Magazine | Small | A significant and sustained DDoS attack suspended the Infosecurity website, forcing them to migrate to a new hosting provider | Click here |
July 23 | Russia | Media | Few Hours | Vedomosti | Medium | The website crashed from a DDoS attack after they published a `opinion editorial’ article. | Click here |
July 16 |
Russia | Government | 1 hr | Russian Defense Ministry | NA | The website was knocked offline and is claimed to be the work of a foreign cyberattack. | Click here |
July 9 | Ukraine | Government | NA | Defense Ministry portal | NA | The portal has been DDoS attacked several times but has not experienced any downtime. | Click here |
July 8 | Gibraltor | Gambling | 30 Min | 888 Sport | Enterprise | A sustained DDoS attack blocked access to the site and to the live stream of the Champions League Qualifier game. | Click here |
July 5 | USA | Cryptocurrency | 2 days | Bitcoin.org | NA | The website was hit with an “absolutely massive” DDoS attack along with a ransom demand for 0.5 Bitcoin (BTC). | Click here |
July 1 | Russia | Telecom | NA | Rostelecom | Enterprise | Russian DDoS hackers disrupted President Vladimir Putin’s annual phone-in causing disruptions to the telecast. |