"Ukraine said it was the target of a 'massive cyber attack' after about 70 government websites ceased functioning..." https://arstechnica.com/information...ernment-websites-hit-by-massive-cyber-attack/
This is related. Malware attacks targeting Ukraine government https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2022/01/15/mstic-malware-cyberattacks-ukraine-government/ Destructive malware targeting Ukrainian organizations https://www.microsoft.com/security/...ve-malware-targeting-ukrainian-organizations/ It would be nice to have timeline how it was recognized, but as some comments were removed I will not do that in that post.
Bahhh. Stop the instigations. If any machine networks can be externally hacked be it government or otherwise then its a failed method of record and operational system.
Another wave of cyberattacks https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/ukraine-hit-cyberattacks-destructive-malware-83075533 ESET research https://twitter.com/ESETresearch/status/1496581903205511181 Wiper was deployed by GPO (Active Directory). Attackers has probably been in these networks for some time.
Cyberwarfare looms as Russia shells, invades Ukraine https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/24/cyberwarfare_russia_ukraine/
Russia's vigilante hackers join the attack on Ukraine https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-60528594 "... the BBC has learned that at least some of the cyber-attacks that afternoon and since have come not from the Kremlin but from groups of so called "patriotic" Russian hackers. ... By day, Dmitry (not his real name) works for a respectable Russian cyber-security company. On Wednesday afternoon he finished work helping protect his customers from malicious hackers and went home for the night. ... He says his team of six hackers then temporarily brought down a number of Ukrainian government websites, by flooding servers with data in denial of service (DDoS) attacks. The BBC witnessed the crew temporarily take one Ukrainian military web page offline. Dmitry says they communicate on encrypted channels and "never speak in person" even though two of them work at the same cyber-security firm. "If my employer found out I would not have a job," he says." [Emphases added by poster]
Internet retaliate. #anonymous is DDoSing russian media sites such as Russia Today website with success. Methods are different. There are programs for benchmarking http server performance or easy to use webpages.