Russia's No. 2 bank VTB suffers largest DDoS in history

Claims attack came from outside Russia

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Russia's No. 2 bank VTB suffers largest DDoS attack from abroad
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Russia's No. 2 bank VTB suffers largest DDoS attack from abroad

Russia's state-owned bank VTB has been hit by the most intense distributed denial of service (DDoS) it has ever suffered.

Following the attack, the bank issued a warning about a temporary access issues with its mobile app and website, but reassured customers their data was still secure. 'The bank's technological in...

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