According to sources, Congress Web Domain (a Government organization in District of Columbia) was hit with a cyber attack. It was first reported on 2022-07-08.
Source 1 | 2022-07-08
“• “A pro-Russian cybercrime group attacked the Congress.gov web domain Thursday, resulting in temporary down time that “briefly affected public access,” the Library of Congress told CyberScoop Friday.” • “KillNet — a pro-Russian group that has launched a series of distributed denial-of-service attacks on targets around the world perceived as hostile to the Russian government — posted a video that included a 503 error page alongside an image of President Joe Biden.” • “A spokesperson for the Library of Congress, which administers the domain, told CyberScoop in an email that the site suffered a DDoS “network attack that briefly affected public access,” adding that the site was “intermittently affected” starting at about 9 p.m. Thursday and returned to normal operation just after 11 p.m.” • “The Library of Congress used existing measures to address the attack quickly, resulting in minimal down time,” the spokesperson said. “The Library’s network was not compromised and no data was lost as a result of the attack.” “
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