Ukraine hacks add to worries of cyber conflicts with Russia
37517-Jan-2022
Hackers on Friday hacked dozens of Ukraine’s Websites including public and government officials but, no major damage.
While the tension was already at its peak in Ukraine due to the reason of Russian army troops were deployed on the Ukraine border, such act simmering tensions in the relation between the two countries.
Highlighted Facts
- • Russia has arrested the ransomware gang which used to target the Western region, especially the USA entities.
- • Moscow recently denied the accusations of the attack on the cybersecurity of Ukraine.
- • Russia’s FSB raided the homes of REvil gang members and said it had encroached on the existence of the gang.
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Such an act has been committed in the odd time when the US publically imposed the accusations on Moscow and said it is preparing for a further invasion of Ukraine and hence creating a pretext to do so. They evaluated the issue of cyber security is how much crucial for Ukraine and US. These attacks could lead to escalating the animosity risk not only actual violence but also by damaging the digital attacks that could affect Ukraine or even the U.S.
On Friday, the White House said as Joe Biden, the president of the USA had been briefed on the disruptions which targeted about 70 of the Websites including the national and regional government body. But still, the responsible body has not been revealed.
As the cause of these attacks and responsible body is still not revealed, the suspicions are inclined towards Moscow, Russia by looking at the history of Russia’s plan to affect the Ukraine cyber security.
Ukraine Security Service, the SBU said the preliminary result of the investigation indicates the involvement of “hacker’s group linked to Russia’s Intelligence Services,” it told that most of the website is altered and also the information or any data was not leaked nor destroyed.
The authority SBU said the accused “hacked the infrastructure of a commercial company that had access, with administrator privileges, to websites affected by the
attacks.”
Tim Conway, a cyber security instructor at SANS institute said “if you are trying to use it as a stage and a deterrent to stop people are moving forward with NATO consideration or other things, cyber is perfect,” told the AP last week.
Bill Seigel, CEO of the ransomware response firm Coveware, said about the matter in an email “The follow-through on sentencing will send the strongest signal one way or another as to if there has truly been a change in how tolerant Russia will be in the future to cybercriminals.”
Last year the AP reported as the US official shared a small number of names of the suspected operators with Russian officials.
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Updated on 17-Jan-2022
