New York Times and MIT Technology Review reported that the hacker is launching attacks against informational and other websites to extend the cyber crisis in Ukraine.
According to cyber security experts, denial of service (DDoS) attacks, in which attackers "flood" a website, are unusually widespread.σελίδα with traffic to cause it to fall. As the NY Times reports, the attacks target both pro-Western and Ukrainian pro-Russian news sites. In one case, attackers vandalized the website of Russia Today, replacing the word "Russia" with the word "nazi" in headlines and text.
As noted by experts, attacks on pro-Western Ukrainian sites refer to attacks on Chechen news sites, which are described as "under siege". However, according to Matthew Prins, managing director and co-founder of Cloudflare (San Francisco), it is not clear who is behind the attacks.
"I do not think it can be said that it is an attack on a state-owned entity," he said.
So far, activity has remained at levels lower than those observed in Estonia at 2007, or in Georgia 2008, where servers hosting government websites, media, and more. had collapsed due to a "flood" of data containing the message "win + love + in + Russia".
As reported in an article in the MIT Technology Review, the Russian intervention in Crimea appears to be accompanied by an "intelligence control" campaign, cutting cables connecting the region with the rest of the country and blocking it accesss on websites that support the anti-government movement on the part of the Russian government. However, as emphasized, there is no evidence of serious cyber attacks against military or government targets.
Until now, “Russia has been limited to the things that are usually done at the beginning of one conflictς με σκοπό τη διαμόρφωση της κοινής γνώμης, το επικοινωνιακό “πνίξιμο” των επικριτών και την προώθηση της οπτικής γωνίας της» αναφέρει ο Τζέιμς Λιούις, διευθυντής του Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.
According to the MIT Technology Review, Ukraine's national telephone company, Ukrtelecom, announced on Tuesday that "unknown vandals" had been snooping to cut off many of the communications (data and voice) links between the Crimea and the rest of Ukraine.
As noted in the report, both Russia and Ukraine are well-known centers of international cybercrime, where hackers are located. However, no massive cyber attacks have been observed so far. "In Georgia, we had incidents of cyber attacks in coordination with military operations. But the Russians have not done so. If violence breaks out in the Crimea, I think it will intensify the activity, "estimates Lewis.
Source: naftemporiki.gr
