1 Jahr zuvorMetadata of video clip showing "saboteur group attempting to blow up chlorine cylinder in Horlivka" shows it was made as late as 8th February
1 Jahr zuvorUK says it believes Russia's GRU military intelligence agency was involved in a major cyber attack on Ukraine this week that hit defence ministry website & 2 banks in what Kyiv said was biggest distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack in Ukraine history. @FCDOGovUK statement
White House attributes DDoS attacks on Ukrainian organization this week to Russia's GRU - Anne Neuberger said it from White House podium just now
The US believes that Russian cyber actors likely have targeted the Ukrainian government, including military and critical infrastructure networks to collect intelligence and preposition to conduct disruptive cyber activities
White House: We provided Ukraine with help to bolster its cyber defenses
White House press briefing begins. National Security Council member says the U.S. government has been preparing for possible Russian cyber attacks since before Thanksgiving
New technical analysis from
@CERT_UA
of the DDoS and spam campaign on Ukrainian gov agencies and banks on Wednesday confirms what some private sector people have said: the Mirai botnet, which has been around for years, was used in the DDoS attack
Axios on officials: Raising the level of emergency in the United States in anticipation of cyberattacks on infrastructure and hospitals
1 Jahr zuvorTonight, wires were cut on Vodafone lines in 3 cities in Eastern Ukraine. Zero connection for few hours, was restored by morning @MVS_UA :"This is part of Russia's plan to destabilize situation in Ukraine. We must understand sabotage at communications facilities will continue"
Some users in Kramatorsk, Lysychansk, Druzhkivka, Severodonetsk, Kostyantynivka report issues with Vodafone connection/mobile internet
1 Jahr zuvorTwitter having some issues
1 Jahr zuvor.@FBI developing a new team to handle cryptocurrency, @TheJusticeDept Deputy AttyGen Lisa Monaco tells Munch Cyber Security Conference
US Defense Secretary: We expect a cyber attack, fabricated activities, and disinformation campaigns before any actual attack
"Over the last several years, we have observed and documented a host of malicious activity conducted by Russian state-sponsored cyber actors targeting US critical infrastructure" per @CISAJen in statement
1 Jahr zuvor.@CISAgov @FBI @NSAGov warn Russia cyber actors targeting defense contractors with: - Brute force techniques; - Spearphishing emails; - Harvested credentials; - Mapping Active Directory; - Maintaining access for months
.@CISAgov @FBI @NSAGov issuing cybersecuurity advisory on Russia targeting US defense contractors supporting @USArmy @usairforce @USNavy @SpaceForceDoD & intelligence agencies Goal was to get info on weapons development, communications infrastructure, research & more
Ukraine MoD said at start of DDoS they recorded 600,000 packets of malicious traffic per second and currently one bank is getting hit with 1mil. For perspective, Google was hit with DDoS in 2017 involving 2.54 terabites per sec targeting 180,000 web servers
Ukraine suffered the largest denial of service cyber attack in its history this week, the country's deputy prime minister has said
Kremlin spokesperson said that Russia is not involved in any DDoS attacks, including in Ukraine
Internet services of Russian telecommunication provider Megafon are not available in Moscow, St.Petersburg, Kaliningrad, Nizhniy Novgorod, Novosibirsk and Krasnodar Krai
All Ukrainian governmental .gov.ua are working with intermittent disruptions , unavailable for many in Ukraine itself
The website of Ukraine's ministry of education and science mon.gov.ua also appears to be down
Washington Post: Russian government hackers have penetrated Ukrainian military, energy and other critical computer systems, U.S. government says
1 Jahr zuvorMinister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine: At 8pm Kyiv time DDoS attack targeted government Diya portal. So far successfully repelled
1 Jahr zuvorPossible GPS interference for Wizzair W64603 Kharkiv-Larnaca
Centre for Strategic Communications and Information Security of Ukraine confirms DDoS attack on two largest Ukrainian state banks: Oschadbank and Privatbank, and Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces websites
Website of Ukrainian ministry of defense is down
Users reporting issues with access to largest Ukrainian bank PrivatBank mobile application
Large-scale issues with ATMs, application and online services of Ukrainian state bank Oschadbank
Top cybersecurity officials from the US Department of Homeland Security and the FBI have warned of potential attacks on American cyber infrastructure in concert with a physical Russian invasion of Ukraine: ABC
