Roskomnadzor repelled 1,700 DDoS attacks in August
In August 2026, Roskomnadzor's Center for Monitoring and Management of the Public Communication Network repelled nearly 1,700 DDoS attacks targeting government, energy, financial systems, and telecom operators. The most powerful attack reached 562.16 Gbit/s and lasted 9 days, 21 hours, and 9 minutes.
Consensus
- Roskomnadzor's Center for Monitoring and Management repelled nearly 1,700 DDidS attacks in August 2026.
- The attacks targeted government, energy, financial sector, and telecom operators.
- The most powerful attack reached 562.16 Гбит/с and had a speed of 52.88 million packets per second.
- The longest attack lasted 9 days, 21 hours, 9 minutes.
- 2,900+ phishing resources and 685 malicious software sites were blocked.
- Over 1,500 routing traffic violations were identified and resolved by 274 organizations.
- The main targets were the telecommunications sector.
- The highest number of incidents occurred in the Central Federal District.
Points of divergence
- Brazil, the USA, Germany, and Argentina were identified as countries where the most frequent attack IPs were registered. — kommersant
- India was also listed as a country with frequently used IP addresses for attacks. — interfax
Coverage (2 sources)
- Roskomnadzor reported blocking more than 1,500 DDoS attacks in August — Коммерсантъ
- Almost 1,7 thousand DDoS attacks were blocked in August by RKN specialists — Интерфакс