Russian presidential adviser Anton Kobyakov on Saturday compared cyberattacks on the information infrastructure of the St. Petersburg Economic Forum ahead of President Vladimir Putin’s speech to the Nazi attacks on Stalingrad during World War II.
It was reported that because of the so-called DDoS attacks, Putin’s speech at the plenary session of the forum on Friday had to be postponed by more than an hour. In particular, the organizers got confused with the badges of the guests – due to the failure of information systems, they could not determine who had the right to enter the hall where Putin was going to speak and who was not.
“We were bombed like Stalingrad by the Nazis with these DDoS attacks. But we managed, of course,” quotes Kobyakov edition “Kommersant”. According to Putin’s aide, the forum’s information resources have withstood attacks with a capacity of up to 140 gigabits per second. Kobyakov, who is the executive secretary of the forum, claims that they were carried out from the United States, Ukraine, Indonesia, Brazil and several other countries. No one took responsibility for them. Previously, the Anonymous group took responsibility for hacking into the websites of Russian government agencies and media or cyber attacks on them – in connection with the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Putin devoted his speech mainly to the development of the Russian economy under sanctions. He reiterated that the so-called special military operation in Ukraine would continue and accused Western countries of forcing Russia into hostilities. Attention was also drawn to the statements of the President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev, who refused to stand in solidarity with Russia on the issue of Ukraine.
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