Cyberwar

Russia is using an onslaught of cyber attacks to undermine Ukraine’s defense capabilities

As Ukrainian cities come under air attack from Russian forces, the country has also suffered the latest blows in an ongoing campaign of cyber attacks. Several of Ukraine’s bank and government department websites crashed on Wednesday, the BBC reports.  The incident follows a similar attack just over a week ago, in which some 70 Ukrainian government websites crashed. Ukraine and …

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After cyberattack on Ukraine, western allies point at Russia but have no detailed response plan

“The largest DDoS attack in Ukraine’s history,” according to the digital transformation minister Mykhailo Fyodorov, took place this past Tuesday, Feb. 15 — just one month after a previous attack.  The attack targeted the websites of the defense ministry and armed forces as well as two of Ukraine’s two largest banks – PrivatBank and Oschadbank. Starting at 3pm that day, …

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Meet UNC1151, the group behind the latest attack against Ukrainian websites

January 13-14, Ukrainian government sites were hit by a massive cyber-attack. The attack immediately prompted harsh warnings from the international community and the general assumption that Russian hackers were behind the attack. However, on further investigation it appears the attack originated in Belarus and the hackers had access to the administration codes from a private company that …

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“Massive” cyberattack hits Ukraine government websites

A sweeping cyberattack briefly knocked out key government websites in Ukraine Friday amid high-voltage tensions between Russia and the West over Ukrainian security. Kyiv said the damage was limited and held back on apportioning blame but the ex-Soviet country has accused Russians with links to Moscow for previous hits on websites and key infrastructure. “As …

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Security service busts Russia-backed bot farm attacking Crimea Platform

Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) detained four Kyiv residents suspected of operating a bot farm to spread disinformation about the Crimea Platform summit on social media. The suspects used 15,000 fake online accounts, the so-called bots, to write disparaging content about the results of thesummit, posing as ordinary users of Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, SBU said on Aug. 28. …

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Ukrainian Security Service uncovers bot farm that sells bots to Russia

Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) detained a Ukrainian national who is suspected of setting up a bot farm to sell fake online accounts, called bots, to Russian customers. The suspect, a local tech specialist, allegedly used nearly 12,000 SIM cards of Ukrainian and Russian mobile operators to create fake user profiles in social networks, messengers and electronic wallets, …

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Ukraine warned of Russian cyberattacks aimed at presidential vote

Ukraine is bracing itself for “unprecedented” cyberattacks during the first round of voting in the presidential election on March 31, Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service has warned.  “Russia intends to carry out unprecedented cyberattacks on the servers of the Central Election Commission and district election commissions of Ukraine on the day of the presidential election in …

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Ukrainian users complain Facebook illegitimately removes posts about conflict in Azov Sea

In recent days, some Ukrainian Facebook users saw their posts removed due to “violation of community standards.” These posts were about the military events that took place in the Kerch Strait, the preparation of Russia’s military equipment near the Ukrainian borders, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. There was also an interview with Russian political analyst …

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Ukrainians urge Amazon to drop Donetsk separatist kitsch from ‘marketplace’

While a variety of Donetsk separatist kitsch items, such as this one, have been made available on Amazon’s marketplace, some Ukrainians consider them as “terrorist” swag and are demanding a ban, preferably in time for Christmas. “Amazon profits from promoting terrorism,” Health Minister Ulana Suprun charged in a bilingual Facebook post alongside images of the …

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Ukrainian information ministry asks Facebook for help to combat fake news

Last week Minister of Information Policy of Ukraine Yurii Stets appealed to Facebook to develop a verification mechanism to filter out fake news. The Ministry of Information Policy of Ukraine also promised to cooperate with Facebook – which is used by around 3 million Ukrainians on a daily basis – in tackling the problem of …

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Russian Prosecutor General accuses ‘Right Sector’ of using social media to stage mass unrest in Russia

In a new report, Russian Prosecutor General, Yuri Chaika, has publicly accused Ukrainian nationalist group ‘Right Sector’ of attempts to use the Internet to stage mass unrest in Russia, in a bid to overthrow the Russian government. The Prosecutor General claims that ‘Right Sector’ members used VKontakte, Russia’s leading social network, to create public pages …

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