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Killnet hackers announce Russian cyber attacks on UK for standing up to Putin’s war

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Killnet hackers announce Russian cyber attacks on UK for standing up to Putin’s war

RiSec.n0tst3 16 May 2022

HACKER Group Killnet have announced global cyber attacks against a number of countries – including the UK – for standing up to Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine. The other countries being targeted by the Russia-linked group are the US, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Romania, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland and Ukraine. The hacktivists claimed to have disrupted the infrastructure of Italy’s State Police anti-cyber crime arm after it thwarted hacking attempts on the Eurovision Song Contest. Hackers from the Killnet group announced in the early hours of Monday morning that claims made...

Ukraine Accuses Russia of using Phosphorus Bombs – Ombudsman

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Ukraine Accuses Russia of using Phosphorus Bombs – Ombudsman

RiSec.n0tst3 13 March 2022

Ukraine accuses Russia of using phosphorus bombs – ombudsman Article influenced from the original post by The Mirror Ukraine’s human rights ombudswoman accused Russia on Sunday of using banned phosphorus munitions in an overnight attack on the town of Popasna in Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk region. Reuters had reported they were not immediately able to verify her statement. The ombudswoman, Liudmila Denisova, shared a photograph purporting to show the alleged attack, but did not say if Ukraine had concrete evidence. “The bombing of a civilian city by the Russian attackers...

War and Inflation Threaten World Economy

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War and Inflation Threaten World Economy

RiSec.n0tst3 11 March 2022

The war and sanctions, which include a US ban on Russian oil imports, are raising prices of energy and other key commodities The world economy’s fragile recovery from the Covid-induced crisis is now threatened by Russia’s war in Ukraine and soaring commodity prices. Here are four questions regarding the risks to global GDP: – Will growth stall? – “The war happened right at a time when Europe and the US had a recovery that was going really well. Projections in Europe were among the highest … (in) the last...

Ukraine is Building an “IT army of volunteers”, Something That’s Never Been Tried Before

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Ukraine is Building an “IT army of volunteers”, Something That’s Never Been Tried Before

RiSec.n0tst3 1 March 2022

Ukraine has created what is described as an “IT army” to defend against Russian hackers and to launch counter operations against cyber threats. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been accompanied by cyberattacks targeting the country’s services and infrastructure, including DDoS attacks and destructive wiper malware campaigns – leading to the Ukrainian government calling for volunteers to aid with cybersecurity. But it has also asked for support in conducting offensive cyber operations back towards Russia. “We are creating an IT army,” Mykhailo Fedorov, vice prime minister of Ukraine said in a tweet at the...