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Ukrainians grapple with telecoms outages following cyberattack

Ryan Daws — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 14:57:07 +0000

Ukrainian civilians grappled with a second day of extensive cellular phone and internet outages following a devastating cyberattack on Tuesday. The attack – orchestrated by Kremlin-backed hackers – targeted Kyivstar, the country’s largest mobile phone and Internet provider, affecting 24.3 million mobile subscribers and over 1.1 million home Internet users. Two hacking groups, Killnet and... Read more »

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Russian hackers disrupt NATO comms used for earthquake relief

Ryan Daws — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 12:19:21 +0000

Russian hacking group Killnet has claimed responsibility for disrupting communications between NATO and other organisations providing earthquake relief in Turkey and Syria. The devastating earthquake has claimed at least 28,000 lives and efforts continue to pull victims from the rubble. Countries and NGOs worldwide dispatched resources to provide humanitarian aid, including aircraft with transport and... Read more »

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Pro-Kremlin hackers attack EU Parliament website

Ryan Daws — Thu, 24 Nov 2022 16:36:42 +0000

Pro-Kremlin hacking group KILLNET has launched a “sophisticated” cyberattack on the EU Parliament website. The attack was launched after the Parliament designated Russia a state sponsor of terrorism: Users were unable to access the Parliament’s website for a few hours and some parts were rendered inoperable. As of writing, access has been restored. In a... Read more »

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