Musk blames X outage on 'massive cyberattack' linked to Ukraine
The amount of traffic coming from Ukraine was "insignificant," an industry source told Reuters, disputing Musk's account.
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Regardless of Trump’s Ukraine peace deal, war with West is ‘foundational to Putin’s rule,’ experts say
With every day of the new White House administration that passes, the chances of Russia being brought in from the cold on the international stage after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine appear to be increasing. U.S. President Donald Trump's ongoing Kremlin charm campaign has seen Ukraine and Europe sidelined
Pentagon denies halting cyber operations against Russia, Bloomberg reports
The Record previously reported that U.S. Cyber Command was ordered to suspend offensive cyber and information operations against Russia.
US, UK, Australia sanction Russian cyber firm Zservers over ransomware attacks
Zservers, a bulletproof hosting (BPH) services provider, supported the Russian cybercrime group LockBit in perpetrating mass ransomware attacks, the U.S. Treasury Department said.
Ukraine's military intelligence reportedly disrupts Gazprom's digital services
Cyber specialists from Ukraine’s Military Intelligence Agency (HUR) launched a cyber attack on Gazprom and Gazpromneft on Jan. 29, Hromadske reported, citing sources from HUR.
Russian hackers target WhatsApp in new tactic, Microsoft warns
The Russian hacker group Star Blizzard impersonated U.S. government officials in emails directing recipients to join a WhatsApp group that claimed to focus on "the latest non-governmental initiatives aimed at supporting Ukraine NGOs."
Hackers claim to have breached Russia’s real estate database, Moscow denies
A hacker group named Silent Crow has claimed to have hacked and obtained data from Russia's official cadastre and cartography agency, the independent Russian news outlet Agentstvo reported on Jan. 7.
Pro-Russian hackers launch cyberattack against Italy's Foreign Ministry, Milan airports
The websites had to shut down temporarily, Italy's cybersecurity agency said, but no flights were disrupted. A pro-Russian hacker group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
Russian cyberattack: Breach occurred at 'top-level account,' MP says
Hackers could have used phishing or bribed employees to break into Justice Ministry registries during a Russian cyberattack last week, Oleksandr Fedienko, head of the parliamentary subcommittee on cybersecurity, told Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) on Dec. 23.
Ukraine war latest: For the first time, Ukraine attacks Russian positions using solely ground, FPV drones
Key developments on Dec. 21-22: * For the first time, Ukraine attacks Russian positions using solely ground, FPV drones * Over 12,000 civilians killed in Ukraine during Russia's full-scale war, UN says * Two Russian airports suspend flights after Ukrainian drones target Kazan, media, officials report * Slovak PM Robert Fico meets with
Full restoration of state registries expected within weeks, Justice Ministry says after major cyberattack
In comments to the Kyiv Independent, the first deputy justice minister said that the precise date of the full restoration of the registries would be more clear in the coming days.
Russia's GRU possibly behind cyberattack on Ukraine's government, SBU says
"All the Justice Ministry's data has been saved. Recovery is underway," Deputy PM and Justice Minister Olha Stefanishyna said.
Russia targets Ukrainian government services in 'largest cyberattack in recent time'
In the largest cyberattack in recent months, several government services were targeted, including state registers the Ministry of Justice oversees. Russia has regularly targeted Ukrainian companies and government institutions with cyberattacks since the start of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Ukrainian intelligence hackers disrupt Russia's Gazprombank, source says
The cyberattack, described as a powerful distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) assault, disrupted Gazprombank's online and mobile banking services.
Estonia’s defense chief urges financial aid for Ukraine over foreign troop deployments, The Hill reports
Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur said that Ukraine could manage its defense effectively if supplied with the necessary resources. "As far as I know, Ukrainians can handle all of this, when we can deliver all what they need for fighting with Russia."
Russian hackers targeting US officials, Microsoft warns
Russian hacker group Midnight Blizzard has been sending out highly targeted phishing emails to U.S. individuals working in government, academia, defense, and non-governmental organizations, Microsoft warned on Oct. 29 in a blog post.
Ukrainian court sentences hackers who carried out over 5,000 cyberattacks for Russia
A Ukrainian court has sentenced in absentia two members of the Russian security service-backed (FSB) hacker group "Armageddon" for having carried out more than 5,000 cyberattacks against Ukrainian institutions and critical infrastructure, Ukraine's State Security Service (SBU) said on Oct. 8.
Russian state media faced 'unprecedented' cyberattack on Putin's birthday
The cyberattack was carried out by Ukrainian hackers as a "congratulations" on Russian President Vladimir Putin's birthday, an undisclosed government source told Reuters and several Ukrainain media outlets.
Ukraine's military intelligence hacks Russian finance industry, source says
Russian banks Alfa-Bank and Otkritie Bank, as well as Rostelecom, Russia's largest provider of digital services, were targeted, the source said, adding that these firms "ensured the aggression of the Russian armed forces against Ukraine."
'De facto cyberwar' — Poland says it uncovered 'saboteurs' working for Russia, Belarus
Speaking at a press conference, Digital Affairs Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski said the perpetrators' goals were to "extort information, to blackmail individuals and institutions, and to wage de facto cyberwar."
Notorious Russian military intelligence unit carrying out cyber attacks on Western countries, agencies warn
A notorious unit of Russia's military intelligence agency (GRU) is carrying out cyber attacks against critical infrastructure in NATO and EU countries, as well as Ukraine, Western intelligence agencies warned on Sept. 5.
Ukrainian hackers launch large-scale cyberattack on Russian Internet providers, military-related companies, source says
The recent attack affected at least 33 servers and 283 office computers at industrial facilities, took down 21 websites, and destroyed 15 cloud and file storages.
Ukrainian hackers show war footage on Russian TV, source says
According to the source, HUR's footage was displayed three times on prime-time TV channels: Pervouralsk TV, Eurasia 360, Eurasiaa Pervyi Kanal, and others.
Cyberattack hits Monobank, Ukraine's largest direct bank
"Yesterday, it subsided at 10:30 p.m., and today, it started again at 3:15 a.m. We are approaching 3 billion service requests in two days," said Oleh Horokhovskyi, the bank's co-owner, on Aug. 17.
Hackers launch cyberattack against Ukraine's Monobank
A massive denial of service (DDoS) attack targeted Monobank, launching one billion service requests at the company's website in three hours.
Russian phishing campaign targets Kremlin's enemies at home and abroad
The campaign targeted Russian opposition figures, NGOs, and Western diplomats, including former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, Steven Pifer.
Ukraine concluded 'one of the largest cyberattacks' against Russia, source says
The wide-reaching DDoS attack began on July 23 and disrupted the services of Russia's top banks, social networks and messengers, government websites, and more. Russian media widely reported on the problems experienced by users across the country.
Ukrainian cyberattack targets Russia's central bank, source says
Ukraine's military intelligence agency (HUR) on July 29 carried out a cyberattack against the Russian central bank, a source in the agency told the Kyiv Independent.
Cyberattack on Russian banks, telecoms continues into third day, source says
Russian media reported on July 24 that several top banks, including Raiffeisen, Gazprombank, VTB, and Alfabank, were experiencing outages. Social networks, payment systems on public transport, and some airlines were also reportedly impacted.
Ukraine's military intelligence behind cyberattack on Russian banks, source says
Earlier in the day, Russian media reported on outages from several top banks, including Raiffeisen, Gazprombank, Rosselkhozbank, and Rosbank. The outages also reportedly impacted social networks, payment systems on public transport, and some airlines.
US imposes sanctions against Russian hacktivist group Cyber Army of Russia Reborn
The restrictions were imposed against Yuliya Pankratova and Denis Degtyarenko, the group's leader and a primary hacker, respectively.
Ukrainian intelligence 'hacks Russian websites, replaces homepages with pig head pictures'
"The cyberattack was aimed at destroying internal information of companies that serve Russian public sector clients involved in the war against Ukraine," HUR said in a post on Telegram.
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