VTB Georgia

VTB Bank, Russia’s second-largest financial institution suffered a cyberattack after a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack caused its website and mobile apps to go down.

The pro-Ukraine hacktivist group ‘IT Army of Ukraine’ claimed responsibility for the attack.

The purpose of the attack was to cause inconvenience to the bank’s customers by hindering the banking services operations.

Source: https://heimdalsecurity.com/blog/russian-bank-vtb-is-currently-under-the-largest-cyber-attack-in-its-history/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/vtb-georgia

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"linkid": "vtb-georgia",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "12/2022",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "6",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the economy of a geographical region"

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                        'location': 'Russia',
                        'name': 'VTB Bank',
                        'size': 'Second-largest financial institution',
                        'type': 'Financial Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)',
 'description': 'VTB Bank, Russia’s second-largest financial institution '
                'suffered a cyberattack after a distributed denial of service '
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 'impact': {'downtime': 'Yes',
            'operational_impact': 'Yes',
            'systems_affected': ['Website', 'Mobile Apps']},
 'motivation': 'To cause inconvenience to the bank’s customers by hindering '
               'the banking services operations.',
 'threat_actor': 'IT Army of Ukraine',
 'title': 'DDoS Attack on VTB Bank',
 'type': 'DDoS Attack'}