Event 184

{
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "EE",
    "Air"
  ],
  "category": "Cyber",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "The information comes from credible Estonian news and direct statements from the national cyber authority (RIA). The timeline and main impacts are clearly reported.",
  "country": "Estonia",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "Estonia's government agencies experienced the country's largest ever distributed denial of service (DDoS) cyberattack over the weekend. The impact was limited due to timely mitigating measures, but the wave targeted multiple state institutions' websites and services.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-03-11T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Headline and detailed incident description from ERR News and the article screenshot.",
    "Statements from RIA and Postimees cited in the article."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "Many of Estonia's state institutions were over the weekend hit by the largest wave of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks seen in Estonia to date, daily Postimees reports.",
    "The impact on these institutions' websites and services was not extensive, thanks mainly to mitigating measures.",
    "RIA (Estonian Information System Authority) confirmed the unprecedented scale of the attacks, stating that while the attack traffic was at its highest, multiple state services faced disruptions or slowdowns."
  ],
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://news.err.ee/1609278921/ria-estonia-s-state-institutions-hit-by-largest-cyberattack-to-date"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Cyber Attacks",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Headline and detailed incident description from ERR News and the article screenshot.",
            "Statements from RIA and Postimees cited in the article."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "RIA: Estonia's state institutions hit by largest cyberattack to date",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_184_1763918880_32509eb8.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "Cyber Attacks",
  "primary_ref_links": [
    "https://www.dataguidance.com/news/estonia-ria-publishes-2024-cybersecurity-yearbook"
  ],
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://news.err.ee/1609278921/ria-estonia-s-state-institutions-hit-by-largest-cyberattack-to-date",
    "https://www.dataguidance.com/news/estonia-ria-publishes-2024-cybersecurity-yearbook"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Estonia was hit by its largest reported DDoS cyberattack wave impacting state agencies, mitigated without major disruption.",
  "url": "https://news.err.ee/1609278921/ria-estonia-s-state-institutions-hit-by-largest-cyberattack-to-date"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "Cyber Attacks",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "EE Air",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "EE",
  "Date": "11-Mar-24",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Follow-Up Link?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "Cyber Attacks",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "Cyber-Sabotage ??Estonian state institutions were hit by the largest wave of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks seen in ??Estonia to date. Good reference for cyber attacks in previous year. Useful Report. ",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://news.err.ee/1609278921/ria-estonia-s-state-institutions-hit-by-largest-cyberattack-to-date and https://www.dataguidance.com/news/estonia-ria-publishes-2024-cybersecurity-yearbook",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}