Worldwide list of DDoS attacks – February 2021

A worldwide list of DDoS attacks that took place during the month of February 2021

 

Date of attack Country Industry Downtime  Company Affected Size of Company Attack Details Press Link 
Feb 19 Austria Telecom 1.25 Hours A1 Small Network disrupted inconveniencing customers. The company is offering a 10 percent discount to customers. Click here
Feb 18 Ukraine Government Several Days Security Service of Ukraine NA The website faced several technical interruptions and struggled to repel the attack. Click here
Feb 17  USA Education Several Hours Manchester Schools Enterprise Attacks flooded the district’s servers with traffic and shut them down. Click here
Feb 15   UK Financial Services Several Hours EXMO Cryptocurrency Small The massive attack (30GB per second) affected the company’s entire infrastructure, including the website, API, Websocket API, and the exchange charts. Click here
Feb 14 Holland Government NA Dutch politician Kati Piri’s website NA The politically motivated attack shut down Kati Piri’s and the Workers’ Party’s website. Click here
Feb 12  USA Internet Browser NA Dread – Darknet Forum NA Intermittent disruptions because of DDoS’d servers. Click here
Feb 5  Russia Government 1 Day Russia’s National Guard (Rosgvardiya) NA Reported that the three hour intensive attack was launched from abroad. Click here
Feb 4  USA Education 16 Hours Winthrop Public School Small The attack prevented students and teachers from utilizing web-based resources. Click here
Feb 3  Iceland Telecom 1 Days Siminn Medium Siminn’s TV service was affected Click here

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