Ukrainian hacktivists reportedly disrupted alcohol shipments in Russia after committing distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against a critical online portal, according to local reports. Alcohol producers and distributors are required by law to register their shipments with the EGAIS portal, loosely translated as the “Unified State Automated Alcohol Accounting Information System.” However, several entities in the sector told local news site Vedomosti this week that DDoS attacks by Ukrainian hacktivists downed the site on May 2 and 3.

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