Cyberattack hits websites of Ukraine defense ministry and armed forces
Source: CNN
(CNN)A cyberattack hit the websites of Ukraine's defense ministry and armed forces, and the websites of two Ukrainian banks on Tuesday, according to Ukrainian government agencies' statements.
It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the hacking incident. "It's too early to attribute" responsibility, Victor Zhora, a deputy chairman at the State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine (SSSCIP) -- who is investigating the incident -- told CNN.
The incident comes as Russia has massed an estimated 150,000 troops close to Ukraine's border, according to United States President Joe Biden, and as US officials warn that a fresh Russian invasion could come at any time. Russia has denied it is planning to invade Ukraine.
SSSCIP identified the incident as a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, which floods a website with phony traffic to disrupt access to it. DDoS attacks are relatively cheap and easy to carry out. While they can be disruptive, they do not necessarily require sophistication.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/15/world/ukraine-cyberattack-intl/index.html
Irish_Dem
(46,893 posts)Budi
(15,325 posts)NATO countries have some serious cyber capabilities, if this is the war Vlad wants to play
IronLionZion
(45,418 posts)The US can do it. We'll see if the Biden administration wants to wait until Ukraine gets invaded through conventional means first.
Budi
(15,325 posts)This isn't Biden's war. Putin is the only one that appears to want it.
But, yes US has the capability
IronLionZion
(45,418 posts)it's not like Russia did exactly this before invading the last time.
"It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the hacking incident." I'm guessing the attack probably wasn't from New Zealand or Costa Rica.
yaesu
(8,020 posts)Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)DDoS attacks, hmmm at least been around 30 years?
Ends when the senders are all blocked then off-line/reset the servers?
Completely disrupts whilst the work to block goes on, absolutely to a crawl.
Like trying to play PS5 games on a Vic 20 from 1980 slow if that were somehow possible?
Cheezoholic
(2,016 posts)To hell with petty boycotts. Its been so refreshing to watch, especially in team sports, all of these atheletes from nations around the world show how much respect they have for each other and block out the politics in leu of true respectful competition.
Javaman
(62,515 posts)this is what happens now.
Farmer-Rick
(10,153 posts)Now, who couldn't have predicted this?
Javaman
(62,515 posts)and all that.