DDoS attack temporarily disrupts access to South Korean foreign ministry website
On the afternoon of April 17, 2026, the website of South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs suffered a temporary access outage due to a DDoS attack. A Russian hacker later claimed to have attacked the ministry and other government agencies in response to South Korea's support for Ukraine.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Incident type
- DDoS
- Occurred / detected
- 2026-04-17
- Scale of damage
- Temporary access outage on the ministry's website
- Cause / method
- DDoS attack
- Location
- South Korea
Timeline
- An access outage occurred on the ministry's website for a time in the afternoon due to a DDoS attack.
- The possibility of an attack by a pro-Russian hacker group was raised.
- A Russian hacker claimed to have launched DDoS attacks on the ministry and other government agencies in response to South Korea's support for Ukraine.
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