NETSCOUT – an American company that focuses on cybersecurity, has announced in a tweet that in accordance with U.S. and U.K. sanctions, NETSCOUT stopped all sales, support, and services to Russian companies.
That means that NETSCOUT DDoS detection and mitigations services are now non-functional in Russia, leaving many of its companies open to DDoS attacks.
All of us at NETSCOUT are closely following the tragic events unfolding in Europe after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In accordance with U.S. and U.K. sanctions, NETSCOUT stopped all sales, support, and services to Russian companies. Please see our full statement below. pic.twitter.com/OQBl9Ewb2j
— NETSCOUT (@NETSCOUT) March 3, 2022
An announcement came 12 hours after an official letter from Mykhailo Fedorov – Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine and Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine.
With all due respect to @NETSCOUT , is it worthwhile to protect Russian web resources with Arbor services while their tanks and missiles attack kindergartens and hospitals in Ukraine? pic.twitter.com/HRuUsfpPes
— Mykhailo Fedorov (@FedorovMykhailo) March 3, 2022
NETSCOUT is just one of many international companies that stands with Ukraine and condemns the Russian invasion of the country.
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