Russia's federal statistics agency, Rosstat, confirmed that it had been targeted by a cyberattack, according to The Record.

In a statement to Russian state news agency TASS, Rosstat said its security systems had detected suspicious activity in time for specialists to respond, that it had found no evidence that protected information had been leaked or its databases compromised, and that it was working with cybersecurity experts and law enforcement to identify the source of the attacks, according to The Record.

The Record reports that groups claimed responsibility and that their claims could not be independently verified. (source: The Record)