Hackers attempt to bring down Rostelecom failed

 

At the end of August, a powerful DDOS attack was launched against Rostelecom, a largest Internet provider in Russia.  According to the local news report, the experts from the company managed to detect and defend the attack within 8 minutes.

If the attack was successful, it coulld disrupted the usage of 170,000 customers and disrupted the work in Kirov region.  Moreover, this attack would have done economic and reputation damages for the Rostelekom.

It is to note that "Rostelecom" is serving a large number of users: about 130,000 people use the Internet, 44000 use the interactive TV, another 300000 use telephony. The customers not only include normal users but also a corporates which includes largest ones.

"Our company has powerful monitoring tools, we can identify these attacks, reflect them and, in most cases, determine where the attack has been initiated. Generally, the purpose of these attacks is to create problem for service provider and users, limiting their access to the Internet, in order to cause commercial and reputation risks.", The technical Director of "Rostelecom" in Kirov region, Alexey Dolzhenkov said.

It is still unknown who is behind this attack, the experts are gathering evidence of the attack.

- Christina

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