Vandaag : een massieve cyber-aanval van Rusland (ongetwijfeld) tegen Oekraiense overheidswebsites.
Eerste schermutselingen van het conflict dat er aankomt?
Dat de 2de fase van de Oekraiens-Russische oorlog gaat beginnen met grootschalige cyber-aanval lijdt weinig twijfel..
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...ussian-hackers
Citaat:
Ukraine hit by ‘massive’ cyber-attack on government websites
Suspected Russian hackers leave message warning: ‘Ukrainians … be afraid and expect worse’
Ukraine has been hit by a “massive” cyber-attack, with the websites of several government departments including the ministry of foreign affairs and the education ministry knocked out.
Officials said it was too early to draw any conclusions but they pointed to a “long record” of Russian cyber assaults against Ukraine, with the attack coming after security talks between Moscow and the US and its allies this week ended in stalemate.
Suspected Russian hackers left a message on the foreign ministry website, according to reports. It said: “Ukrainians! … All information about you has become public. Be afraid and expect worse. It’s your past, present and future.”
The message reproduced the Ukrainian flag and map crossed out. It mentioned the Ukrainian insurgent army, or UPA, which fought against the Soviet Union during the second world war. There was also a reference to “historical land”.
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Ukraine has been repeatedly targeted since 2014, when Moscow annexed Crimea and kickstarted a war in the eastern Donbas region. About 288,000 cyber-attacks took place in the first 10 months of 2021, according to official figures, with 397,000 in 2020.
The attacks have also been directed at critical infrastructure. In winter 2015 suspected Russian hackers took out parts of the country’s power grid, which led to almost a quarter of a million Ukrainians losing power and heat. A repeat attack happened in 2016.
In 2017, suspected Russian hackers unleashed the NotPetya virus, causing
mayhem. Banks, newspapers and leading companies were targeted
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