Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Ukraine Delivers One of Largest Cyberattacks in History on Russia lasting one week affecting millions of users and many businesses and government agencies

Good news! Bravo! When will the lethargic, slavish Russian people finally have enough of the megalomaniac and war criminal Putin the Terrible!

"On the evening of Tuesday, July 30, hackers from Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) completed one of the largest Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDOS) attacks in history, derailing Russia’s internet infrastructure, hitting critical resources and gaining access to a vast array of confidential data, sources in Ukrainian intelligence told the Kyiv Post on Wednesday morning.

According to a Ukrainian intelligence source, the attack lasted continuously for a week. It affected the online services of all major Russian banks, including the Central Bank, telecommunications service providers, national payment systems, social networks and messengers, government resources, and dozens of other services. ...

Millions of users in virtually every region of Russia felt the effects of the cyber operation, many of them unable to use internet services, the source said.

The affected financial entities included VTB Bank, Alfa Bank, SberBank, Raiffeisen Bank, RSHB Bank, Ak Bars Bank, Rosbank, Gazprombank, Tinkoff Bank, iBank, Dom.RF Bank, and the Bank of Russia. On the last day of the attack, the resources of the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the Federal Tax Service were also affected. ..."

Ukraine Delivers One of Largest Cyberattacks in History, Source Says Ukrainian HUR cyber specialists carried out a massive DDOS attack on Russia, paralyzing banks, government websites, telecommunications, and social networks.

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