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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCyberattack on Ukraine is apparently underway.
To me it's Latest Breaking News, but the info I have doesn't fit the required format, so posting here.
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Euromaidan Press @EuromaidanPress·1h
Ukraine could be under a cyberattack. So far, the website of the Ministry of Defense http://mil.gov.ua and Armed Forces http://zsu.gov.ua; are down;
problems reported with state banks Oschadbank & Privat
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téphane Siohan @stefsiohan·53m
#URGENT #Ukraine According to a personal source in the banking sector, 4 banks are now affected by the ongoing DDoS attack: Privat, Crédit Agricole, Oschadbank and First International Ukrainian Bank
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Liveuamap @Liveuamap
Centre for Strategic Communications and Information Security of Ukraine confirms DDoS attack on two largest Ukrainian state banks: Oschadbank and Privatbank, and Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces websites https://liveuamap.com/en/2022/15-february-centre-for-strategic-communications-and-information #Ukraine
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Evgen Vorobiov 🇺🇦 @vorobyov·53m
Privat and Oschad are two biggest retail banks in Ukraine in terms of client base: they have about 20.5 million customers combined.
I think that the purpose of this attack may be to trigger bank runs, which would be really dangerous.
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Cyberattack on Ukraine is apparently underway. (Original Post)
CaptainTruth
Feb 2022
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dalton99a
(81,428 posts)1. As widely predicted
PortTack
(32,751 posts)2. Geez..I hope this isn't the beginning of a russian invasion
Those in the know said they would start with cyberattacks
Irish_Dem
(46,857 posts)3. It has been said that this is what China would do prior to invading Taiwan.