Russian soldiers have the ability to drink alcohol.
Multiple distributed denial of service is a type of attack that overwhelms a server by flooding it with junk traffic and has disrupted alcohol sellers.
Russian news outlet Vedomosti is reporting problems with alcohol sales and purchases.
Due to a large-scale failure, factories cannot accept tanks with alcohol, and customers, stores, and distributors can not receive finished products that have already been delivered to them.
The alcohol distribution portal was listed as a target by the IT Army, an international group of hackers that have been coordinating attacks on Russian cyber infrastructure.
Vedomosti is loyal to the government and its President, so don't jump to conclusions yet. The Financial Times describes Ivan Yeremin as a pro-Kremlin businessman.
Is it possible that Vedomosti is blaming Ukrainian hackers for something they didn't do?
Absolutely.
Do we think people around the world who oppose Russia's invasion of Ukraine would cheer for it?
It's hard to blame them.
It's all possible, but it's also plausible that state-owned outlets are telling the Russian people what the Kremlin is up to. It's likely that those websites are down because of the country itself or a cover-up for military incompetence.
The media should proceed with caution.
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