IT Army claims large-scale DDoS against Russian banks and the Mir payment system
Pro-Ukraine volunteer collective established 26 February 2022 by Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov, via a Telegram channel that publishes target…
Summary
Ukrainska Pravda reported that the IT Army of Ukraine claimed a large-scale DDoS operation against the Russian banking system, including the National Payment Card System (NSPK) which operates Mir cards. According to the group and Russian state media coverage, services at VTB, Sberbank, Tinkoff, Alfa-Bank, Gazprombank and several telecommunications operators were intermittently unavailable, with disruption reported from around 10:00 local time and peaking near 14:00 before being contained. The IT Army described it as 'possibly the largest DDoS attack in history'; NSPK characterised the impact as short-lived.