Ukraine has been the target of more and more cyber attacks, which are said to be more intense.
The websites of Ukrainian banks and other services have been down. AOP
The websites of many Ukrainian banks and ministries have been down, BBC news. This is a large-scale series of denial-of-service attacks that have been going on for several days, affecting many different services.
Denial-of-service attacks are designed to crash websites by bombarding them with requests until they crash. According to data from Internet company NetBlocks, the latest cyber attacks began on Wednesday and are expected to continue.
– The second wave of denial-of-service attacks against our state has begun, the Ukrainian minister Mykhaylo Fedorov wrote in Telegram.
According to a researcher reached by the BBC, Ukraine’s military and banking sites have recovered more quickly from Wednesday’s cyber attacks, as preparedness and capacity have been raised. The investigator says the attack continues and security services may still experience delays or interruptions.
Cyber attacks on the websites of Ukrainian banks and the country’s government were also carried out last week. At the time, a U.S. national security adviser Anne Neuberger predicted that the first major denial-of-service attacks were just the prelude.
The United States, Britain and Ukraine have accused Russia of denial-of-service attacks. Russia has denied its involvement in cyber attacks.