Accidentally put the site?

Question

Law in IT

It just so happened that for educational purposes it was necessary to get a database of bus stops in my city. Well, without really thinking, I started parsing the city's website, and it went down (502 error).

After all, this is a government site, and can they take my actions for a DDoS attack?
There was no malice

Answer 1

can they take my actions for a ddos ​​attack?

All of us can. Another question is whether they will do it and whether there will be real consequences for you.